Unfortunately no. That was before the dayof digital camaras.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
John
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Unfortunately no. That was before the dayof digital camaras.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
John
Why did OMC can the project again ?? Sounds like the design that fit under the 70 HP would have been a get commercial package.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
I have pictures of the Infinite Engines first and second proto engines in a boston whaler, polaris jet ski and the final running model in a sea doo GTS, the first one was basicly the two rotor outboard mounted on end.........when i get done fixin a crashed race boat, maybe ill search.............
The inboard would have been a jump from the v4 version......
and the packaging ( as mentioned ) great!
Same guys that did the Sea Drive i guess...all that great work and the bloody trim motor went through the transom....DOH!
I was told that the project was given to the stern drive team and hence the idea of changing the height was unknown ot them.
The Sea Drive had so many great design features......
The Infinite Motor was the 650cc engine (single rotor) developed by OMC research. It was sold to Infinite and when they went broke, Moller bought all thier assets.Quote:
Originally Posted by E-tec1
John
I agree whole heartly, but OMC was afraid of emission regulations from the EPA banning the 2 stroke. Doesn'take a whole lot of sense, but thats what happened. It meet all the endurance requirements established for outboards at the time and was one sweet machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old fiberglass
John
They made a major mistake on that one....it's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Why did the rotary EGT get so high ??? A/C turbine APU's could get up to 1800F on start up on some applications, but usually max EGT at full load was 1000~1200F.
We did a lot of development work on a passive non-mechanical oil cooler for aircraft turbine APU's. It is called a eductor and took the exhaust airflow creating a vacuum to pull air through the oil cooler. It got rid of the mechanical cooling fan. I always wondered if that could somehow work in other applications.
eductor, aka venturi pump
A very sophisticated device, a minor spelling error ;)
it was the twin rotor 1300 cc or so...........i ran three of them i know.......110 hp with water cooled exhaust.......made a triple wall ex system to keep the inner pipe hot in the sea doo....that was the infinite cast motor....i dont remember the dyno numbers on that....
OMC castings.........there was a 70 hp sea drive prototype running before they canned it, i believe it was all the leftover parts from that project.......
after getting their IPO.............lets see what were we told, oh yeah, its too much of a risk to proceed any farther.........i wont go into where all the money really went...........
ruff day,, by the way, theres a few guys still around i talk to, they say to say hey...................
Oh, please do.....Quote:
Originally Posted by E-tec1
Ficthel & Sachs used a similar devise on their muffler for the rotary. A double skined device drawing air in between the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old fiberglass
John
If I remember the story correctly, Moller got The OMC 650 as part of his deal with OMC. He sold the rights and tooling to Infinite Machine. They got in a huge lawsuit ,which Infinite lost ,with a many million $ judgement against them. Moller settled for the return of his stock and all the 650 stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by E-tec1
John
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