Bill,
Was this a report on Eggenfelner (sp?) drives? If so, you know almost all you need to know. :-)
If you aren't familiar with his story, it won't take long to find a long, bloody trail of on-line info about him. He has a long history of throwing together a pig, covering it with lipstick, and then forcing his customers to buy his next experimental pig when the previous pig dies.
Charlie