So John...
Despite not having started the plane yet, I still find myself oscillating between Lyc, Mazda, and Subaru power plants. If I'm not wrong, you hope to get smooth 300HP with a 10-12 GPH burn rate...is this correct?
I must admit, the ideas of no carb icing, single power lever, and constant HP at any altitude sound absolutely great.
But I must say, after looking through Greg Richter's as well as your web page -the task of pulling everything together from spare parts from all over and then observing that there are as many installations as there are people- the idea of a rotary powered COZY seems that much more daunting to me.
It's probably because I know very little about the finer aspects of reciprocating engines (let alone rotarys). I just look at your installation and wonder "where on earth would I begin?".
Hey! here's a thought!
If it's not too much trouble, would you mind...eh....just puting together a parts list of everything that went into your power plant installation (and where to get these items as well...of course!) as well as ....uh...a complete and exploded schematic/view of where things go....and...oh yeah....a list and schematics/drawings of fuselage structural mods necessary for new fuel/cooling systems? You'd really be helping us newbies'out!
I guess I should just suck it up and demonstrate the same courage you, Greg, and Tracy (and numerous others) have shown and just dive into it. I suppose every journey begins with a single AN fitting!
Rob (Ann Arbor, MI)