Paul,
Love your ideas, but I would prefer a pusher, remember the Italian
flying Boat, the radiators up front, max cooling.

Milo Burrows

How about both?:

Boyd Thompson

That is the beauty of the turbo rotary. It will put out as much power as TWO
aircraft engines at 650 HP  and weigh less than 200 pounds in the bargain with
out the gear box. Gear box is roughly 50 pounds.  That says a lot about the
shear robustness of the Mazda rotary. It is atomic bomb prof :-)

Watch and listen to this video.


Paul Lamar
Paul, Question would I be wrong in thinking a pusher / puller, the pusher prop would give a push plane more positive control in slow short field landings ? I do not doubt the Rotary Engine gives all the needed HP.  The Double Ender does some amazing landings and take off, viewed their library of video's.

George F. Curtis Jr.

The take off is mostly due to the hull shape given the same amount of HP.
The problem with small pushers sea planes is water spray damage to the prop.

You want to keep the props high and towards the front.

Paul Lamar


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