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Al Gietzen wrote:
A very interesting comparison would be accident/incident rates for experimental with certified engines vs experimental with ‘alternative’ engines.
That would only be applicable if by 'experimental', you mean a one-off design on both sides. No fair comparing 100 Lycoming equipped quick-build RVs with drill-matched holes and a factory built motor mount and baffling, to a rotary equipped plans-built Delta that has a screwball doing his own design work. The former has a budget for a host of engineers and instrumentation to work out all the kinks on a prototype. The latter has an email list and what documentation he can grab from wherever he can.
A Lycoming equipped one-off will be in the same situation as the latter, unless he chooses to make a 100% copy of a successful installation.
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