From: "William Jepson" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 10:27:03 -0800
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Bill's P-Port Efforts
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Richard,
I also want everyone to know that I am just following along here with
things that have already been pioneered by the original guys from
PowerSport. They did all the original work and were ready to sell to the
public in the mid 1990's! They built the best reduction drive, and it was
actually tested for torsional vibration by the guys that bought the
original company. They built their "Super Light" engine that weighed less
than 200 pounds and made 200 HP! Ready to fly FWF! They just deemed the
cost too high for public acceptance. (It would have been comparable to the
certified engines of the time.) They went back to the drawing board and did
a "rotary 2.0" that was excellent using a more standard engine. The engine
in the video was the result of that effort, and it runs great. It is still
lighter than a comparable Lycoming of the same power level. I have nothing
but admiration for those guys. I don't want to be credited for this
development They worked like crazy to produce a real, and ready FWF
package. Sad fact that one of the guys was killed right on the cusp of
getting it to the public. My opinion is that had the guys that bought the
company just started selling that package they would be a force in the
experimental market today. But like so many others they wanted to change a
bunch of stuff and that pushed the price way up.
Bill

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:34 AM, Richard Van Camp <
flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> This looks quite good.  Good luck.  I will keep checking the website.  The
> 195 hp is a good number for me but, I might like to see more if possible.
> That may become my issue to solve.
>
>
> Rick
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Richard,<div>I also want everyone to know that I am just f=
ollowing along here with things that have already been pioneered by the ori=
ginal guys from PowerSport. They did all the original work and were ready t=
o sell to the public in the mid 1990&#39;s! They built the best reduction d=
rive, and it was actually tested for torsional vibration by the guys that b=
ought the original company. They built their &quot;Super Light&quot; engine=
 that weighed less than 200 pounds and made 200 HP! Ready to fly FWF! They =
just deemed the cost too high for public acceptance. (It would have been co=
mparable to the certified engines of the time.) They went back to the drawi=
ng board and did a &quot;rotary 2.0&quot; that was excellent using a more s=
tandard engine. The engine in the video was the result of that effort, and =
it runs great. It is still lighter than a comparable Lycoming of the same p=
ower level. I have nothing but admiration for those guys. I don&#39;t want =
to be credited for this development They worked like crazy to produce a rea=
l, and ready FWF package. Sad fact that one of the guys was killed right on=
 the cusp of getting it to the public. My opinion is that had the guys that=
 bought the company just started selling that package they would be a force=
 in the experimental market today. But like so many others they wanted to c=
hange a bunch of stuff and that pushed the price way up.=C2=A0</div><div>Bi=
ll</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On =
Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:34 AM, Richard Van Camp <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net" target=3D"_blank">flyrotary@lancair=
online.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bill,<br=
>
<br>
This looks quite good.=C2=A0 Good luck.=C2=A0 I will keep checking the webs=
ite.=C2=A0 The 195 hp is a good number for me but, I might like to see more=
 if possible.=C2=A0 That may become my issue to solve.<br>
<br>
<br>
Rick<br>
<br>
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Archive and UnSub:=C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/=
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.lancaironline.net:<wbr>81/lists/flyrotary/List.html</a><br>
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