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Report on Sun N’ Fun 2008

From April 7 to April 13th, 2008 Revolution Rotary Engines Inc.’s , CEO and Chairman, George Payne and marketing managers Ray Anderson and Cameron Pach attended the Sun N’ Fun aviation show in Lakeland, Florida. The company shared a booth with M-Squared Aircraft, Inc., showcasing the new as yet un-named ultra-light aircraft powered by the R301A single rotor engine.

The aircraft met the weight requirements of the ultra-light category by being 4 lbs. under the 254 lb. maximum weight allowance and is one of the very few legal aircraft in this category that is new. As such it generated a great deal of excitement around the field, even though we couldn’t fly it at the show. The reason for this is a rule that any aircraft being flown at the show must first have accumulated a minimum of 25 hrs. of flight time. As Paul Mather of M-Squared only had 3 weeks from design implementation to ready-to-fly aircraft for the show, only 1 hour of flight time was managed before the show. A real accomplishment.

This was enough to prove, however, that not only does the aircraft fly, but it flies very well. It’s a “low and slow” bird. It can take off in about 50 feet, land in less than 100 feet, cruise at 50 MPH, and stalls at 22 MPH. Definitely not a cross-country plane, but perfect for fun flying around the “patch”.
Not only that, but it puts affordable flying back into the market. Priced at $14,995, it is way below the average of $80,000 price tag for other light sport aircraft on the market. Even the powered parachutes and trikes are more expensive. Another advantage is that, being an ultra-light, no pilot license or aircraft registration is required to fly it. After only 5 hours of dual basic flight instruction you can take off in this single seater and fly it.

Many interviews were given to the media by Mr. Payne and Mr. Mather, so we look for articles and internet video to appear shortly. The interest shown by the flying public was also tremendous, and we anticipate taking lots of orders for the R301A powered M-Squared aircraft at the Oshkosh AirVenture 2008 show. Judging by the high interest from a large number of OEMs, the public will be seeing Revolution Rotary engines in other aviation applications soon.

We are also proud to announce the appointment of M-Squared aircraft, Inc. of St. Elmo, Alabama as the South-Eastern Distributor and authorized repair center for the Revolution Rotary’s engines for aviation. Paul Mather, President of M-Squared will prepare the engines for installation into various types of aircraft in addition to the M-Squared line, for other manufacturers of aircraft, and will be sending maintenance technicians to the Markham facility for training in the maintenance procedures of the rotary engines.

M-Squared Aircraft is building another of these ultra-lights for Revolution Rotary to demonstrate in Canada.

Report on Oshkosh AirVenture 2008

AirVenture 2008 at Oshkosh was attended by CEO and Chairman George B. Payne, Application Designer Brendan Colven and Sales & Marketing Manager/Aviation Ray Anderson. The booth space was shared with M-Squared Aircraft using a large tent brought down by Revolution Rotary Engines , which proved to be very useful in keeping the sun and rain off the display, as well as the participants.

The R301A/ Ultralight project with M-Squared Aircraft continues to move forward. The show highlighted to us the other segment of the market which is the conversion of “Fat UL’s” back to legal aircraft by using one of our engines. A great deal of interest was shown in the R301A engine, not only by the public, but by an impressive number of manufacturers of aircraft that fit in the “part 103” category. The installed weight of just over 60 pounds for the 35 HP R301A justifies the growing interest in this fantastic light aviation power plant.

The “Baby Breeze” was flown by Paul Mather, and the R301A and aircraft performed very well. A number of orders for the aircraft are now being processed, and several ultralight aircraft manufacturers have indicated they will be placing orders under the company’s prototyping program.

A lot of interest was also shown in the R602A engine mounted in Dave Atkin’s RV-6, which he has flown to Oshkosh for 14 consecutive years. Dave developed this engine based on the Mazda 13B design, and borrowed some parts in the construction. Revolution Rotary, along with Dave and his American Rotary Engines LLC, are developing the lighter, all-aluminum version of this engine. The R600A series will be mass-produced in one, two and three rotor variations which can also be turbocharged or supercharged.

Dave also spends much of his time every year conducting forums on the rotary engine in the homebuilt area.

All in all it was a very successful show, and we look forward to seeing everyone at Sebring and Sun ’n Fun.

“The R301A is the only powerplant available today that can make any part 103 aircraft viable, and keep the weight under 254 lbs.”
Paul Mather,
President of M-Squared Aircraft