I'm fortunate that I've got access to one of the best Mazda Rotary engine builders on the planet, and we have been discussing the development of an engine package specifically built for homebuilt aircraft. But it seems like there is a lot of jungle drums and whispers stuff out there about exactly what are the issues that need to be overcome, and to make any project a success you first have to define the problem(s)
So I would welcome information from everyone on what exactly the issues are that need to be overcome -
What we have defined so far as specs are
So I would welcome information from everyone on what exactly the issues are that need to be overcome -
- cooling apparently is one of them
What we have defined so far as specs are
- all alloy 3 rotor engine for lower weight and better cooling
- engine will have one (possibly two) turbos
- engine output will be 300 shp so that they work with the AutoPSRU 200Za
- redundant ECU's
- engine will be capable of being used in aerobatic aircraft