Paul,
Are you still considering machining one rotor e-shafts? I hope you
are. And
of course here comes questions.
First, how do you balance the engine? I believe you said "balancing was
easy". Is there a cheap source for aluminum end housings, what
porting do
you suggest, and what do you think the fuel burn would be?
After many mind projects, I am building a Q-200 , and would like to
power
with a high-power (150 hp, or more), low weight, single rotor
engine. I was
looking atkinsrotary.com
<http://atkinsrotary.com>, and asked
questions about their one rotor. The
basic reply was "weight to much, will not work, don't consider it,
now leave
me alone kid, I have engines to sell".
I believe if a single rotor that is light, gives good power, and has a
decent fuel burn would have a good market for small homebuilt projects.
Regards,
Norman Parmley
See the previous message.
Aluminum end housings are about $1500 each from Racing Beat.
P-port is the way to go.
The fuel burn will be as low as .47 BSFC. Pounds of fuel burned per
HP in one hour.
The dynamic balance can be done by math. But Mazdatrix also has a
service.
Paul Lamar
Paul,
I'm looking at my e shaft and am trying to picture in my mind what the
process to convert it to a single rotor shaft might look like.
Would I be correct in assuming that the front lobe is the one to be removed?
How is the rotor oil jet dealt with?
Do you have any drawings of a single rotor shaft, cross section or
dimensions?
Thanks, Joe Rogi
Correct. Front lobe. The taper is the flywheel end.
Leave the rear lobe oil jet where it is.
No I don't have any drawings. If you have an engine you can just
assemble the flywheel and things become obvious.
The front end housing is used as is in place of the center housings.
Paul Lamar
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