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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 12:44
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Antipodean
Single Rotor Report was Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Single rotor engine assembled-
this is not a drill
REW based Single Rotor (hereinafter called
a WL which stands for "Wun Lunga" - One Lunger - get it?? - obtuse Oz
humour!)
A new tail number is born! N654WL I was
planning N654SR, but Sierra Romeo doesn't sound as good as Whiskey Lima.
Either way, I have to explain it. I could just announce myself on the
radio as 654 Wun Lunga (in my best Paul Hogan accent)
:-)
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Well,
I just might have to see if I can get VH-MWL (Mazda Wun Lunga - aka Mike
Whiskey Lima for my amphib!).
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BTW,
Paul Hogan is passe these days. King Billy CokeBottle is better!
He's a real indiginous Australian (aboriginal) person, and a great
comedian -
it's not THAT much slower
than a stock 12A twin rotor engine in the RX7. Bit sluggish low
down, but once it gets up to 3 grand, it really gets it's rocks
off.
Very cool, but hard to
believe anything is slower than my old 85 RX-7 was :-) I was the most
fun car I've ever owned though!
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Well, most of the RX7's I've
driven over the years haven't really been slugs - for a standard car that
is. As mentioned, Humphrey IS a bit of a slug off the line (could
do with a heavier fly wheel), but he really starts to hoot
once the WL gets "on the pipe" above 4,500 RPM. I haven't
given it a real pasting yet as I want to run it in carefully for a couple of
thousand km.
But as you say, RX7s ARE fun
cars. This one has me in a constant state of mirth - I just LOVE the
look on peoples' faces when the look in the engine bay ..:
Price of ULP today: $1.25 per
litre
New RX7 gearbox mount: $
49.63
Fine for exceeding the speed limit by less
than 10 KPH: $75.00
Looks when people see an RX8 Wun
Lunga in Humphrey's engine bay - Priceless!
So that's the "State of the Nation" Downunder as far as
Single Rotor development is concerned. Two engines, one based on a
13B REW (which has already run faultlessly for several thousand Km last
year), and another based on Renesis RX8 parts - both successfully
running with NO problems.
Any significant weight difference between the REW and Renesis
versions? It can't be much. Will you be able to tell what (if
any) the power difference is?
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Probably under 3Kg - I've just posted that info to
Finn in another couple of emails. My next trick is to see if I can
fit up a Renesis front cover mit water pump to the earlier engines. That
WOULD be flash!
Cheers,
Rusty (did I mention- very cool!)
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Thanks for the
compliment!