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Tom Parkes Turbo 3 Rotor Powered Lancair ES

DON'T CONFUSE THIS ENGINE WITH AUTOMOTIVE PISTON ENGINES CONVERTED TO AIRCRAFT USE or SO-CALLED ALTERNATIVE ENGINES. The Wankel rotary has a much better power to weight ratio and power to size ratio than any automotive piston engine. It is also far more robust and will withstand ungodly amounts of turbo boost with out major structural failure. Any piston engine operating at aircraft power levels has a limited life. That is the reason for a TBO. The moving parts are magnafluxed for cracks at TBO. The cracks are caused by reversing stress on the crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons and valve parts. Bend metal back and fourth long enough and it will crack or fail.

The rotary has no reversing stress in the 3 moving parts. They are eccentric shaft and two rotors. It is similar to an electric motor and there are many 100 year old electric motors still working. Automotive piston engines are not designed for aircraft power levels and should not be used. The average power required for a car engine is 30 to 40 HP! In other words car piston engines are low duty cycle engines. Aircraft engines are high duty cycle. The Wankel rotary is an inadvertent high duty cycle exception due to the unique mechanical geometry.

The Mazda rotary has a reputation for using a lot of gas around town. That is true but the difference at aircraft power levels is only 2 or 3%. This pails into insignificance as the big savings come from burning low cost car gas. Car gas is half the cost of aviation fuel 100LL and up to $1 cheaper than diesel fuel. The lead in 100LL is required by most aircraft engines to lubricate the exhaust valves. The rotor exhaust ported Wankel has no exhaust valves.


Click on this for MAJOR BREAK THROUGH IN THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE! TURBO-COMPOUND WANKEL ROTARY ENGINE! .

TURBO COMPOUND is now universally used on Formula One racing engines for 15% better fuel efficiency. Honda is in the process of building a Turbo Compound Hybrid Formula One engine for use by McLaren in 2015. When using electric motor turbo assist you get a turbo compound feature for free by making the motor a DC motor. The motor acts as a generator when not needed to accelerate the turbo charger. This is what is done in Formula one. However you are losing up to 20% of the recoverable energy in the exhaust due to the inefficiency of electric motors and generators. This was mentioned in my presentation at the World Motor Sport Symposium in 2008. Still worth doing never the less as when cruising at steady speeds on the freeway some energy is being recovered from the exhaust.

RUMOR HAS IT that Mazda is working on a Formula One style 350 HP (possible 450 HP if the 16B engine is used) turbo compound hybrid sports car weighing 2800 pounds for introduction in 2016 or 2017. The Mazda rotary implementation will work the best as there are no exhaust valves to waste exhaust energy. The Mazda Wankel rotary engine is the smallest and the lightest intermittent internal combustion engine for its HP output.

.....Paul Lamar's presentation on turbo compound presented at the 2008 World Motorsport Symposium in Oxford UK.

Click on this for MAJOR BREAK THROUGH IN LOW COST ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION!

Click on this for MAJOR BREAK THROUGH IN TAIL SITTER TILT ROTOR VTOL AIRCRAFT!

AIRCRAFT ROTARY ENGINE NEWSLETTER
moderated by Paul Lamar.......Putting the word Experimental back in the EAA.

..... Who is Paul Lamar?

..... How to receive the free Rotary Engine Newsletter. No password nonsense. No advertising.


INTRODUCTION TO ROTARY ENGINE TECHNOLOGY

..... Car & Driver magazine movie on how the Wankel engine works. 32 meg. Requires a high speed Internet connection.

..... The Incredible Rotary Engine by Paul Lamar. Article published by EAA Sport Aviation magazine.















..... Revisiting Rotaries Peter Garrison second article in Flying Magzine.



EXAMPLES OF MAZDA WANKEL TYPE ROTARY ENGINES














FINE EXAMPLES OF MAZDA ROTARY ENGINE POWERED AIRPLANES




..... A a ride in Mark's 3 rotor Lancair ES. Brief vidio.




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LIST OF ROTARY BUILDERS WEB SITES


TECHNICAL TOPICS

..... How to Cool Your Wankel

..... ELECTRIC WATER PUMPS

..... MOTOR MOUNTS & COOLING ARRANGEMENTS

..... INTAKE SYSTEMS, SLIDE THROTTLES & P-PORTS

..... MECHANICAL FUEL INJECTION

..... ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION

..... IGNITION SYSTEMS

..... APEX AND OTHER SEALING SYSTEMS

..... EXHAUST SYSTEMS

..... PSRU'S (GEARBOXES)

..... PROPELLOR SYSTEMS

ADVANCED TOPICS

..... POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WANKEL ROTARY ENGINE

..... TURBO COMPOUND ENGINES AND STRATIFIED CHARGED ROTARIES

..... ROADABLE AIRPLANES USING ROTARY ENGINES

..... VTOL AIRPLANES USING ROTARY ENGINES

..... TURBO THREE ROTOR RENO RACER 3D.

..... TWO PIECE LIGHT WEIGHT END HOUSING AND CENTER HOUSING DESIGN 3D.

..... TWO PIECE LIGHT WEIGHT END HOUSING AND CENTER HOUSING O-RING GROOVES DESIGN 3D.


TECH PAPER DOWNLOAD SECTION






























VIDEOS/SOUNDS


..... Global warming. CO2 concentrations. EPA declaration CO2 a pollutant. The world is cooling.

..... World wide energy reserves.

..... World wide energy reserves. Part2.

..... Another serious problem for our country.

..... RX8 beats Ferrari! Barber Motor Sport Park Alabama USA.

.....Paul Lamar's presentation on turbo compound presented at the 2008 World Motorsport Symposium in Oxford UK-Hi-Rez-wmv.

.....Paul Lamar's presentation on turbo compound presented at the 2008 World Motorsport Symposium in Oxford UK-MP-4.

.....Austro Engines AKA Dimond Aircraft.

.....Mistral Engines.

.....Wankel AG engines.

..... RX8 pit stop at Laguna Seca in 2012. Another RX8 won the GT class.

..... Interview with John Doonan at the 2008 Daytona Rolex 24 hour GT sports car race. The RX8 won the GT class.

..... 2008 Daytona Rolex 24 hour GT sports car race. Podium interview of the winning RX8 drivers.

..... Al Gietzen's 3 rotor powered Velocity.

..... Interview with Al Gietzen.

..... Interview with Dave Leonard owner and pilot of the RV6 airplane in the following video.

..... RX8 racing with Dave Leonard's Turbo Charged Rotary powered RV6

..... Dave Leonard doing a low victory roll in his turbo rotary powered RV6 and departing for home.

..... An excellent movie animation of how the wankel works created by Gene Nomicos.

..... 800HP 3 rotor 120mph boat

..... Introduction to Star Mazda RX8 Engine Formula Racing

..... Before Zoom Zoom there was the ----

..... RX8 Commercial from the UK ... very cool.

..... Late RX8 commercial.

..... I told him there was too much downforce on the nose! Bonneville RX7 crash.

..... 2008 Brazil Formula 1 race last 5 laps.

..... Formula A race with Lamar Engineering suspension mounted wings.

..... Formula A race with Lamar Engineering suspension mounted wings version 2.

..... Carbon Fiber movie.

ALASKA FLIGHT VIDEOS



Valdez Whittier Anchorage Merrill Field part 1.

Valdez Whittier Anchorage Merrill Field part 2.


Valdez Airplane Camping.


Yakatat Cordova Valdez.



OTHER WEB SITES

..... INTERESTING ROTARY ENGINE AND OTHER WEB SITE LINKS

..... PART SUPPLIERS & OTHER WEB SITES


KASUGA NC MILL UPDATE PROJECT. HOW TO.

..... How to Up grade your mill with a NC controller.

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AVIATION STUFF FOR SALE..FREE ADs

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COMBINATION PSRU ADAPTER PLATE AND MOTOR MOUNT. Saves the weight and cost of a Schertz beam (10 pounds) and is lighter (6 pounds) than Tracy Crook's adapter plate (7.5 pounds). The loads on the spacers are reduced greatly as they no longer transmit prop torque loads to the motor mounts located on an oil pan spacer plate (another 8 pounds) if used. Think about it. Prop torque is 2.85 times higher than engine torque due to the gear box reduction. Engine torque on a Mazda rarely exceeds 200 foot pounds even with a p-port or turbo. Prop torque on the other hand is 567 foot pounds due to the gearing. This torque is reacted directly by this motor plate. There fore loads on the spacer and bolts is greatly reduced with less chance of misalignment.

Contact Jeff Doddridge

Phone 1-760-685-0880

cell 1-760-685-0880

jeff.doddridge@gmail.com


1312 Hamilton Lane

Escondido, CA 92029


Cost $375 a set. (A real bargain Paul Lamar.)






UNIVERSAL MOTOR MOUNT KIT. Fits all firewalls. No welding jig required. Send us the dimensions relative to the pilots lower right hard point of the firewall hard points, thrust line location and length of the cowl if any to the prop flange. We will send you a kit of parts including one inch diameter, .049 wall, 4130 tubes cut to proper length. End fittings listed separately below and Teflon lined rod ends included. You weld on the end fittings. The exact position of the prop flange and thrust line off set angles if any are adjustable. Cost $500 Less the PSRU adapter plate. Contact Paul.




Eight quart oil pan. Delays oil heating on take off. Incorporates rear motor mount. Accommodate oil drain back AN fittings for Tracy's PSRU. Fits 13B and RX8. You drill the pan mounting bolt holes. $400 Contact Paul.




P-PORT PARTS FOR SALE. Contact Jeff.

jeff.doddridge@gmail.com


P-port-rotor housings bored, contoured and welded. 250 HP at 7500 RPM. Even idles good with RX8 rotor housings. Contact Jeff for price.



Sealing block with O-rings $15 each. .


Contoured SS intake tubes ready to be welded to the rotor housing liner. $20 each.


$25 each for tig welding the SS tubes to the steel liner in the rotor housings.


Wiggins couplings Used for water plumbing. Fit 1.5 inch or 1.375 inch OD alumininum tube. Weld or bond. $40 for a set. Cost over $100 from race car suppliers.





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Welding cups 4130 tig welded used to hold rubber mounts. $15 each plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.



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Fire Wall Fittings 4130 tig welded used to connect motor mount to fire wall. $20 each plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.



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Universal mount. Main fitting.4130 tig welded used to hold the rubber bushing $30 each plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.



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Universal mount. Fire Wall Fittings used to hold the inner rod ends. $10 each plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.



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Universal mount 7/16 rod end adapters to 1 inch OD 4130 .049 wall 4130 tubing. $8 each plus shipping. 10 for $75 plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.



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Universal mount. Low cost 7/16 rod end spacer to increase the angle of deflection. Hardened stainless steel. $12 for set of two. Much cheaper than a real high angle rod end and higher angle to boot. 10 for $110 plus shipping. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.





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P-PORT PARTS FOR SALE. Contact Paul Lamar at the email address below.


Bell mouth $5 each. plus shipping.


Oil injector hole pressure tap. $20 each. plus shipping.


RX8 style injector blocks. $15 each. plus shipping.



RX8 water pump outlet block. Clears slide throttle. Tubing bends and fittings not included. $150 each. Will not clear apex seal oil metering pump as most people don't use them in aircraft. They mix 2 cycle oil with the fuel.





Slide throttle kit. Tubes TIG welded to covers. Weight 2.2 pounds. .032" thick Teflon sheet not included. $100. each cash. Plus $15 for shipping.



Here is the type of Teflon to purchase for lining the slide throttle. Very important. Not all Teflon is created equal. Some has a higher coefficient of friction leading to higher forces on the throttle. Particularly with the 3 rotor version. In that case use a 2:1 lever to increase the throttle travel and reduce the force by half.






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