X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from outbound-b1.mx-route.com ([208.123.79.45] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5091727 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:56:00 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.123.79.45; envelope-from=tom@midwestaviation.net Received: from fl-184-0-224-156.dhcp.centurylinkservices.net (HELO [192.168.1.71]) ([184.0.224.156]) by smtp.mxtoolbox.com with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-SHA; 14 Aug 2011 08:55:24 -0500 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Renesis Question References: From: Tom Giddings Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8F190) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:55:18 -0400 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8F190) Sam: Have you looked into the Rotrex Supercharger?. This what I plan on usin= g on my 20B . A lot smaller and at 13lbs and the size of a big. Alternator m= akes it a No brainer for A/C application.. Go to Kraftwerks website. A lot o= f good info there Kind Regards Tom Giddings VP Avionics Sales Midwest Avionics 200 Hardy Roberts Drive Paducah, KY 42086-0219 877-904-9966 tom@midwestavionics.net Online Store=20 www.midwest-avionics.com On Aug 14, 2011, at 1:01 AM, Samuel Treffinger = wrote: > I think my brain has had a meltdown: I am thinking about "supernormalizing= " the Renesis engine. Is this even possible. The idea is to use a by-passabl= e positive displacement type blower (roots type...probably an eaton m90) fed= to an intercooler that then sends air to the engine. If my thinking is corr= ect, and it probably isn't, this would eliminate the complex N/A intake, whi= le not over-boosting the Renesis engine. Also, the supercharger being a posi= tive displacement blower would in theory produce more boost than is needed b= y the engine at all rpm levels, eliminating the "peeky" torque of boosted en= gines. The excess (above standard intake) pressure would be controlled via a= n automatic or manual waste-gate. Please shoot my idea down if it is insane,= but i would like some constructive criticism if it is available. >=20 > Sam