X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Return-Path: Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.6) with ESMTP id 1862671 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:56:52 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.69; envelope-from=rusty@radrotary.com Received: from ibm63aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070226005558.MAAJ14600.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm63aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:55:58 -0500 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm63aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070226005552.HUQP25375.ibm63aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:55:52 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] What about... Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:55:51 -0600 Message-ID: <000201c75940$ddd43740$6e01a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0003_01C7590E.9339C740" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: AcdY+fjx+XX+F6E8TY+w2a0QITeuAQAQ9rKw In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C7590E.9339C740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.rotaryengines.ca/index2.htm =20 Are they for real or just some more Moeller vapor-products?=20 =20 Hi Thomas, =20 These guys bought the rights to an engine that was being made in Germany = (I think), and were planning to start making them in Canada when I emailed = them a year or more ago. I actually exchanged a number of emails with them, = and they were quite receptive to suggestions. =20 =20 Unfortunately, my main suggestion was to GIVE an engine to a high = profile manufacturer, with the agreement that they run up the hours on their = factory plane, and report the results in a series of magazine articles. In = other words, arrange an unbiased public test. If the engine is as good as = it's supposed to be, then this would be all the advertising needed to sell engines. Their answer was that they just didn't have the budget for = that, but that they were working to get some manufacturers to test their = engines. Sadly, I haven't seen any manufacturer installing one. =20 =20 It's unfortunate that neat little engines like this just seem to fade = away. The problem is that they're expensive, and unproven. If you could = eliminate one or the other, they'd sell, but until then, they don't. Eventually, = the company will go out of business, someone else buys the design, and the = cycle begins again... =20 Cheers, Rusty =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C7590E.9339C740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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Are they for real or just some = more Moeller=20 vapor-products? 
 
Hi Thomas,
 
These guys bought the rights to an = engine that=20 was being made in Germany (I think), and were planning to start=20 making them in Canada when I emailed them a year or more = ago.  I=20 actually exchanged a number of emails with them, and they were quite = receptive=20 to suggestions. 
 
Unfortunately, my main suggestion was to GIVE = an engine to=20 a high profile manufacturer, with the agreement that they run up the = hours on=20 their factory plane, and report the results in a series of magazine=20 articles.  In other words, arrange an unbiased public test.  = If the=20 engine is as good as it's supposed to be, then this would be all the = advertising=20 needed to sell engines.  Their answer was that they just = didn't=20 have the budget for that, but that they were working to get some = manufacturers=20 to test their engines.  Sadly, I haven't seen any=20 manufacturer installing=20 one.    
 
It's unfortunate that neat little engines = like this=20 just seem to fade away.  The problem is that they're expensive, and = unproven.  If you could eliminate one or the other, they'd sell, = but until=20 then, they don't. Eventually, the company will go out of=20 business, someone else buys the design, and the cycle begins=20 again...
 
Cheers,
Rusty
 
 
 
 
 
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