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Would it be possible to treat a 13B as 2 singles that happened
to share a common side housing? What I'm wondering is, can you use 2
carburetors, 2 fuel pumps, 2 ignition systems & CAS's on a single 13B
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each rotor independently serviced - and still have reasonable performance (i.e.
HP)? You would still have a common oil and water cooling system - but hey that
eliminates the EFI, ECU, and potentially your electrical system as single points
of engine failure.
Hi Joe,
You could certainly do
that, but a two rotor engine running on one rotor is supposed to be so rough
that you might shut it down just to keep from having to put up with
it. I have to admit that I don't completely understand why that is,
and I'd appreciate it if someone would explain that to me.
The next thing to
consider is that you'll be making a bit less than half power at best with a
constant speed prop. With a fixed pitch, you will be way over propped, and
probably won't be able to get the engine into a decent power range, so you won't
be able to maintain altitude in most planes. My RV-3 might do OK, but
a fully loaded RV-6 won't.
Good thought. Full
credit for outside the box thinking :-)
Cheers,
Rusty
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