X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.241.32] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1020500 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:40:38 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.32; envelope-from=steve@stevet.net Received: from localhost ([68.6.49.190]) by fed1rmmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050624173951.PBKQ1367.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@localhost> for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:39:51 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by [127.0.0.1] with ESMTP (SpamPal v1.591) sender ; 24 Jun 2005 10:39:46 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:39:43 -0700 From: Steve Thomas Reply-To: Steve Thomas Organization: SteveT.Net X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <719285421.20050624103943@stevet.net> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Forward from Mistral Engines SA In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Russell, Friday, June 24, 2005, 10:25:48 AM, you wrote: >>   Their website claims 190 hp for the NA engine. RD>          That confirms what I suspected about combining the runners. The RD> 190 HP figure is far below the 247 HP that the RX-8 six-port makes with the RD> stock manifold. RD> Don't forget that the Renesis HP is at something like 8600 RD> rpm, which is why I'm curious what rpm Mistral rated theirs at.  RD> With the 2.82 ratio redrive, it could actually be pretty high, RD> but I'm guessing it won't be.  RD>   RD> Cheers, RD> Rusty The full-power rpm at the prop is 2300, making the engine rpm near 6500. -- Best regards, Steve Thomas mailto:steve@stevet.net SteveT.Net 805-569-0336 office 805-563-9080 fax