jetdesigner wrote:

This begs the question, if Connies and Lycs were so great, would there
not be at least a couple cars running them? - LOL



The answer to the question is that the rotaries power curve does not
lend itself well to automobile applications. If you drove around town
at 120mph, it would be another story. In real life, you want to punch
the gas and have your vehicle jump out ahead of oncoming traffic. The
rotary doesn't have that power down low.

Mazda has gone through hell and back to make the rotary work in a car,
but it is an overly complicated mess to deal with. Turbos...adjustable
intake...a ridiculously complicated exhaust system. It's a work of art,
but still barely a decent auto engine.

In the airplane, build an intake tuned to 6000rpm (give or take), build
a stainless steel muffler and your ready to go.

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instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."