JD Butler wrote:
Totally aside from the technical/mechanical side of things.......
Once a certified airplane has had the engine removed and swapped out
with a Mazda rotary engine and aftermarket reducer drive, what steps are
nessary to fly without the FAA crawling up my butt?
I'm sure a regular A&P would run like hell from one of these when it
came time for an annual...

Take it easy on me guys.... I don't even have my wings -- yet!

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Oh my god, as if the thread about British cars wasn't full of enough
horror stories, now we are going to take on Mazda rotary engines.

Straight answer:

Assuming you can find a Mazda rotary that still runs, you put it in an
experimental and name me as beneficiary on your life insurance.

For a certified airplane, the cost of the paper alone would buy you one
hell of an airplane.

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Jim Pennino

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