Paul,

I'd like to subscribe to the rotary newsletter. Looking forward to following your
discussions so that I'll be able to out a Wankel on my plane someday. Thanks

Chuck Wasson

Ok your on.

What kind of airplane do you have?

Paul Lamar

Thanks. I don't have anything flying right now. I'm building a Bearhawk that I'm planning
on putting a rotary in. I should be starting the fwf in 3 years or so.

Chuck Wasson

Yes it does take time. Or a marriage :-)

Here are some Bear Hawk 3D's.

The Bear Hawk is unique in that there is a motor mount hard point at top
center of the firewall. No problem if done right.

Paul Lamar

   Small world lol, a Bearhawk is the aircraft that I finally whittled down to what I want also, with the rotary being the choice engine I've been looking at. There is a gentlemen and his father up north that have a Bearhawk with a 4.3l v8 out of a range rover, turning about 300 hp using a cog tooth belt psru similar to ben haas v8 maul. According to him, they have over 1100 hours of trouble free flight/operation on the bearhawk/v8 combo.


   The thing is, when I contacted him, he was cordial until I asked for specific details on his build, in that I was wanting to emulate it for my own use. The reply I received was that him and his father had spent several hundred hours and the support of a fully equipped machine shop to make their build. I replied that I would have the same and it wouldn't be a problem, but he never responded  back past that, so I have no idea what the problem was at this point. I've always considered a rotary, and had looked at rotaryeng.net <http://rotaryeng.net> <http://rotaryeng.net>, but until  I found Mr. Lamars  news letter, I didn't think I had a good enough grasp of the rotary and it's capabilities to be able to use one.

   Then came his ttc build! Everything from that to his proposed single rotor air cooled engine are perfect for the bearhawk and several other projects I wish to build. Good luck to you sir and welcome to the newsletter!

   Rob Miller

Rob, the Problem was likely a very large cash, and time investment in getting the
Buick V8 to fly! Most people are very willing to share that
kind of info, but as you see some are not. I personally think in the very near
future, most builders will be kicking their butts for not getting on
the Rotary bandwagon. In the last few years Paul Lamar has solved the
few remaining roadblocks that will make the Rotary engine a NO BRAINER
choice for aviation.

Steve Carlisle

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