X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from web46414.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([68.180.199.203] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with SMTP id 4416063 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:44:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.180.199.203; envelope-from=dwayneparkinson@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 13602 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Aug 2010 21:43:26 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1280785406; bh=bxL9p8TlITdFuxHNzyMXjjcGtWcoWreq31Kmps3kUhU=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=5lExb02djUOGNS5TvwcgBuGfspH8PFsyW//W2y/ypeeK+yTrQWMNnCTSLUdmMgUWbAwLbn8pI0N1vF8+vwUqxMaYLNvcS/3aCmHw1DY2GVfuPxEfrl7L5ORecIE1GzfJ1D4FABHkwfvE7xO2qiPr7Fjaj9lfoGLOd9c9JFKC1Ww= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=LkYayJemcOXYigUVrocy5AFqOMvK40qULHCchA3vJsnKBuO3A914J2ikSfDEEnKdGfGHOCbJG0l0PypE9ZNXY6vKGdRMZHUvJIJ17nYnTW4crVMvkOP7JX3xeVF0ULegPCjBQP4zg0g0CaoqxKDjO6uUsjZi5xCheDkaK0JS3p8=; Message-ID: <436514.12195.qm@web46414.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: KExLZ5oVM1k8gm1wvJj8IxPdQiNv04BUiUqa07CrOKMCB.e 7ZtJRuplcawm0luF_.wAsaOZCFsUbEonSsAUKbJr6gDSL_.krQulcelJlFX. kWSKDxOBqstGciskDURuvgqU9RWupNfi666Z0S0TwujjZHoRD06RzuCRb9Hf TiyAmBxOOnBt0LQUitOLvNqy_GiwDTng6FjLypKLYmS2L6kb5TvRFlGM0voa MjdxNhTocf8KBeDErCMDMG1cMnaxM8JBSGs13FLlbg9bYYg04dWvYsp38r51 Hx3jBQJ4IPWNq53w8XN2_JevyjGa.rHwx1nkcXuoEK6SJe1mDMyrTkA-- Received: from [24.177.130.10] by web46414.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:43:26 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/420.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.105.279950 References: Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:43:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Dwayne Parkinson Subject: Bad rotary week To: Rotary motors in aircraft In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1951761164-1280785406=:12195" --0-1951761164-1280785406=:12195 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For anyone hoping that a 16X would show up any time soon: not ... gonna ... happen. No RX7 and the RX8 is still powered by the Renesis for 2011. http://www.mazdausamedia.com/content/2011-mazda-vehicles-glance As if that's not bad enough, when I was at Oshkosh I took in David Atkins rotary seminar. I came away pretty depressed thinking that I probably won't put a rotary engine in my airplane. Is everyone else really using 1 quart of oil every 5 hours? He also didn't have much good to say about the Renesis in an aviation application which leads me to conclude that the 16X will fare even worse in aviation applications as it is tweaked to meet higher EPA requirements and produce more low end torque. Is anyone but Tracy using a Renesis? I'd really like to know what HP you're getting, what the fuel burn is and how it's holding up. Thanks, Dwayne P.S. I couldn't find any rotary planes on the field at Oshkosh. Perhaps they sank into the mud. --0-1951761164-1280785406=:12195 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
For anyone hoping that a 16X would show up any time soon:  not ... gonna ... happen.  No RX7 and the RX8 is still powered by the Renesis for 2011.


As if that's not bad enough, when I was at Oshkosh I took in David Atkins rotary seminar.  I came away pretty depressed thinking that I probably won't put a rotary engine in my airplane.  Is everyone else really using 1 quart of oil every 5 hours?  He also didn't have much good to say about the Renesis in an aviation application which leads me to conclude that the 16X will fare even worse in aviation applications as it is tweaked to meet higher EPA requirements and produce more low end torque.

Is anyone but Tracy using a Renesis?  I'd really like to know what HP you're getting, what the fuel burn is and how it's holding up.

Thanks,

Dwayne

P.S.  I couldn't find any rotary planes on the field at Oshkosh.  Perhaps they sank into the mud.





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