TheLoneGunman
I'm New Here
I used to drive a Mazda RX-8 and fell in love with that powerplant, and when I look back at old posts in forums it seems I'm not alone, or at least I wasn't until about 2008...
Does anyone still do Mazda rotary aircraft conversions, or better yet a complete FWF kit? All the websites I've found look like they have been defunct for years, or have removed any mention of doing aircraft engines. Even RotaryAviation.com, the home of Tracy Crook's famous PSRU, doesn't appear to sell it anymore. What happened?
To be clear, there seems to be a fair bit of info out there on how I myself could do a conversion, but I think that is well beyond the scope of my abilities and would still be a recipe for a decade spent tinkering in a garage. I love the idea of a rotary, but I'd rather fly behind a Lycoming than not fly at all.
Even in terms of non-Mazda rotary engines, Mistral seems to be the only game in town, and I can't find any info on how much something like their G-200 would cost, if it's even available.
Does anyone still do Mazda rotary aircraft conversions, or better yet a complete FWF kit? All the websites I've found look like they have been defunct for years, or have removed any mention of doing aircraft engines. Even RotaryAviation.com, the home of Tracy Crook's famous PSRU, doesn't appear to sell it anymore. What happened?
To be clear, there seems to be a fair bit of info out there on how I myself could do a conversion, but I think that is well beyond the scope of my abilities and would still be a recipe for a decade spent tinkering in a garage. I love the idea of a rotary, but I'd rather fly behind a Lycoming than not fly at all.
Even in terms of non-Mazda rotary engines, Mistral seems to be the only game in town, and I can't find any info on how much something like their G-200 would cost, if it's even available.