Helo everyone. I just signed up to learn as much as I can about the 13b. I'm building a P-Port to power the airplane I'm building.
I also work at the Ford Motor Company's Research and Engineering facility in Dearborn Michigan. As an electrician, I am supporting 4 chassis dynos, a kinematics lab, 6 engine dynos, 2 tramsmission dynos, and a spin-torsional drive-line dyno. Probably missed a few too, but it's pretty interesting here to see new product being developed, and all of the competitors products being bench-marked.
Hope to learn a lot from all of the experienced rotor heads.

 

welcome. sounds like a cool project. i've always wanted to learn to fly since i was a kid, but the cost involved has kept me from pursuing my dream. even in kit form, they're still expensive, with all the electronics involved. then there's the expense of fcc license/registration and hanger rental at a local airport? anywho, good luck with the project.

 

Yeah, I know all about the cost. There's an old joke, goes like this:
new student asks the instructor "So how much money to learn how to fly?"
Instructor replies, "All of it."
Building your own plane is really the cheapest way, if you aren't into sharing, or renting. There are some pretty scary rental airplanes out there.
A rotary conversion makes a good baragin too, conventional aircraft engine alone runs around $25k and up.

 

Rotary in an airplane, eh? Sounds interesting. Should be pretty good, no surges in load to cause the seals to pop.

 

rotaries have been used in aircraft for years now. alot less maintenance needed compared actual aircraft engines.

 

For sure.. no 5 spd tranmission and it is free to spin.. they will last