I have been following your TTC project from the time you started
working on it. It is apparent that the machine is ready for the pilot
to begin practicing for this record attempt. As of yet the pilot
hasn't even pulled the nose up and tried a moderate climb. This
attempt requires flight and power management on the edge of the
envelope. It would seem to me that getting the pilot ready for an
attempt would take some actual flight time on the edge of the
envelope. Your pilot has demonstrated beyond any doubt that he is
unwilling to do that.
Not enough headwind to fly a demonstration flight is not an excuse I
would expect to hear from the caliber of pilot required for this
mission. In my opinion this record attempt is not going to happen.
To bad, this has the ability to change the worlds conception of
aircraft rotary engines. Sorry to be so blunt but this project needs
another pilot if it is going to be anything other than a pipe dream.
Paul Shamlian
I totally agree with what you are saying. The rotary movement really
needs a test pilot familiar with the rotary installation to inspect
new installation and do one or two first test flight. My guess it
would be worth a $1000 plus expenses to the builders.
People are very reluctant to fly their brand new creations for the
first time.
We are going to move the TTC to another airport close by that is
surrounded by large farm fields.
Paul Lamar
Here is the only TTC flight we have so far.
For those of you with cell phones and tablets. You must save the
file first. Tablet and cell phone email programs do not tell you what
folder it is in so you then need ES File explorer to list all the
movies and try to find it.
If you find it, ES Explorer will give you choice of movie players.
So you need to install half a dozen different ones to find one that
will work with mpeg format. Some that work well for my 4.4.2 version
of Android are MX and Video Player. Other versions of Android may
require other movie player versions.
Paul Lamar
Paul, I thoroughly disagree with Mr. Shamlain.
A careful, methodical, approach will yield the best outcome. You
(and the pilot) are doing it correctly.
The machine may be ready. But, we certainly don't know that for
certain at this point.
Your number one priority at this point is to preserve the machine,
so, when the machine is fully tested and understood, the attempt can
be made with a high probability of success.
Aubrey Thompson
I think the pilot is over doing it a little bit Aubrey.
He has never owned a Mazda nor seen a rotary airplane take off or land
let alone fly over.
The rotary mechanism is totally foreign and he is not an engineer with
an understanding of the extraordinary engine structural advantages.
He still thinks it might blow up in the manor of a boosted piston
aircraft engine.
Electronic ignition on an aircraft engine is totally foreign. As is
electronic
fuel injection.
There is so much he knows nothing about. To his mind there is far
too much that can go wrong. In the past year there have been a lot
of things we had to fix. This sets up a very negative environment.
It turns out Jim Mederer apparently did not warn him about the aluminum
tubing and methanol problem. I can't imagine Jim did not know about that.
That has been a major problem and the pilot has refused to totally re-plumb
it in SS or AN hose. I am not the boss :-)
Some of the problems are traceable to the engineer that was managing
the program when Jim was building the engine. We spent a lot of time
fixing those problems. That person was fired.
Some of it had do to Jim himself insisting on certain features
like the oil cooler. I had known Jim for 40 years and he could be blind
and stubborn at times. He was not a trained engineer. Four gallons
of oil that Jim installed will not even get warm in 90 seconds.
We are not using an oil cooler now.
If he had taken my aerodynamic advice on his land speed record
car when I saw it before the attempt he would not have crashed.
There is a you tube video on that subject under PaulLamar2
I too have learned a tremendous amount with this project. I hope
all this news letter will be preserved after I am gone.
Paul Lamar
My father taught me to never consider the odds without considering the
stakes. You might feel that the odds of a mishap are very low, but your
pilot is obviously considering the stakes. Smart man.
You�ve waited this long. A slow start might be the best way not to
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Dave Klingler
The experience we have gained is priceless. The Wankel will now join
the exclusive ranks
of aircraft engines.
To get a feel for how important this is I highly recommend a book
called "Aircraft Piston Engines"
by Herschel Smith.
Fascinating I could not put it down.
Paul Lamar
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