X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma03.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4416151 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:58 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.206.41; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (imo-ma01.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.136]) by imr-ma03.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o72M8FuU028234 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:08:15 -0400 Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.ef8.8e0999 (43844) for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:08:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-mb01.mx.aol.com (smtprly-mb01.mx.aol.com [64.12.207.148]) by cia-dc04.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIADC041-5c604c5741c731f; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:10 -0400 Received: from webmail-m090 (webmail-m090.sim.aol.com [64.12.224.205]) by smtprly-mb01.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMB016-5c604c5741c731f; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:07 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Bad rotary week Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:07 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 66.253.96.220 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CD00A65217EAFE_237C_78A3_webmail-m090.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 32360-STANDARD Received: from 66.253.96.220 by webmail-m090.sysops.aol.com (64.12.224.205) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:07 -0400 Message-Id: <8CD00A65210C6DB-237C-3E81@webmail-m090.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: WRJJRS@aol.com ----------MB_8CD00A65217EAFE_237C_78A3_webmail-m090.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dwane I think you might want to question Tracy about the Renesis in an air= craft. He said it was working perfectly. Not sure on oil consumption. Several Fly Rotary people have had reason to question Atkins, I'd listen= to the guys flying right now, Tracy, Ed Anderson, Dave Lenord, etc some= like Dave even running turbos have never mentioned oil consumption. Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: Dwayne Parkinson To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 2:43 pm Subject: [FlyRotary] Bad rotary week 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 wo= n'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 th= e 16X will fare even worse in aviation applications as it is tweaked to me= et 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. ----------MB_8CD00A65217EAFE_237C_78A3_webmail-m090.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Dwane I think you might want to question Tracy about the Renesis in= an aircraft. He said it was working perfectly. Not sure on oil consumptio= n.
Several Fly Rotary people have had reason to question Atkins, I'd lis= ten to the guys flying right now, Tracy, Ed Anderson, Dave Lenord, etc som= e like Dave even running turbos have never mentioned oil consumption.
Bill Jepson



-----Original Message-----
From: Dwayne Parkinson <dwayneparkinson@yahoo.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 2:43 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Bad rotary week

For anyone= hoping that a 16X would show up any time soon:  not ... gonna ... ha= ppen.  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 sem= inar.  I came away pretty depressed thinking that I probably won't pu= t a rotary engine in my airplane.  Is everyone else really using 1 qu= art 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 16= X 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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