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Ahh.. just a note Mark has written below that Tracy
had only 900hr's.My mistake, for some reason I was under the impression it was
more than that.
My apologies for having unwittingly stretched
the truth..
Jarrett
Tracy, owner of RotaryAviation.com, had
over 1500hrs on his 13B before he removed it and replaced it with the new
version of the 13B [Renisis] which is used in the Rx8. The only reason he
removed it was because, as an experimentor he wanted to see how this new
engine design would preform on his a/c. He didn't need to change it as it was
still running fine. There are reports of training Gryo's who have several
thousand hours on their engines w/out a rebuild..
We are now seeing a new rotary powered a/c fly
every month or two [on average] so the cross section of aircraft which
are going this route is increasing rapidly. I think time will show us just how
robust the Rotary engine really is!
Jarrett
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