Responses to MYT Skeptics

Raphial Morgado completed the 14" engine, running on fuel, then modified it to run on compressed air. It's now being modified to run on fuel again. After getting his dynamometer set up, once the compressed air iteration was in place, he collected data which is published on his site.

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."  -- Albert Einstein


by Sterling D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News

I've composed the following to provide some responses to some of the main contentions.

Regarding past PESN stories stating expectations of the timing of this engine or its applications being made commercially available, and those projected timeframes not being met...
Response: Such expectations are contingent on adequate funds. Also, we've seen over and over that things typically cost more and take longer than we expect. Dansie should know that as well as anyone, as he was announcing 1.5 years ago that the water flashlight he was involved with would be available in 2-3 months from then, yet it is still not commercially available. The technology birthing process is not an easy one.

Receiving funds has been a major challenge for Raphial due, in part, to the cognitive dissonance, including: a) if this was this good, someone else would have invested by now; b) this can't be this good. Also, Raphial is not a push-over to work with. He has very fixed ideas about how to proceed, and it turns most investors away. Engine manufacturing is usually a vast team project due to all the complexities and engineering involved; and the many other failed rotary engine attempts tend to put a damper on enthusiasm around the notion that a lone inventor, with a small team could pull something off of this magnitude. This is one of the reasons why I encouraged Raphial to go with the crowdfunding approach -- power to the people, let them vote with their dollars, in exchange for future product, hopefully.

Regarding: "On an interview last week Raphial Mordado claims: 'no work has been done on the engine since 2006'."

Response: While I was there, I saw his set-up with the 14-inch engine that he's been working on recently. I'm guessing that his statement: "no work has been done on the engine since 2006" is an emotionally quantitative one, in comparison to the major work that was done in his 3000 square foot lab, with employees.

Regarding: The history of swing-piston engines.
Response: It's good to know about the history of this sector. Clearly, the general idea has been around for a long time -- since at least the 1920s, with many variants or iterations. The fact remains that Raphial has international patent protection on the brilliant timing mechanism and supporting structure he came up with.

Regarding the true inventor of the Yo-Mobile engine in Russia being Mikhail Virgiyanov...
Response: This appears to be the case. I received my information from Raphial, who may have been operating out of assumptions that they took the idea from him, giving its similarity to this design, for which he holds international patents, including Russia.

Regarding: "The efficacy of [the MYT] timing mechanism is completely unproven in a combustion environment."
Response: Prior to being modified to run on compressed air, the 14" engine ran for 6 months (not continuously) on diesel and related fuels, as witnessed and attested to by two industry-leading engineers, Louis J. Faix and Joe Buneto, who worked full-time with Raphial for two years. I should also point out that Jim Dunn wrote: "All engines are first tested on compressed air to assure proper clearances and ‘fit’.  This is the first of many steps..."

Regarding: "Raphial never ran the engine under its own power burning fuel.  The most that he ever did was add fuel while still spinning it with air."
Response: ask Louis J. Faix (deceased) and Joe Buneto.

Regarding: "He never developed any fuel metering or injection mechanism."
Response: He developed the fuel atomizer prior to developing the MYT engine, and used that atomizer technology in the MYT engine as well, holding it proprietary as part of his package. I saw the atomizer set up with the 14" engine on October 21-23, 2013. Fuel metering can be done by volume of fuel used per output achieved. Real-time metering can be relegated to commercial roll-out engineering.

Regarding: "Nor has he ever had anyone develop an ECU that would control a fuel metering system. Unless Raphial has gone back and developed a fueling system for the 14″ engine the statements that he has readied it to run from fuel are speculative."
Response: Raphial is brilliant. If he says he can roll out functioning engines, which he has already done, then he should be given the opportunity. Furthermore, these kinds of issues are things that a team of engineers can assist with when going commercial on a large scale.

Regarding: "Sealing and heat dispersion has never been tested under combustion conditions (this has been a major issue with all the other Swing Piston engine initiatives) also not testing under combustion means no data can be recorded on:

    Mechanical loading of the various mechanisms (including the stop/start system).
    Stress on the cooling system.
    Thermal efficiency.

Response: As stated above, prior to being modified to run on compressed air, the 14" engine ran for 6 months (not continuously) on diesel and related fuels, as witnessed and attested to by two industry-leading engineers, Louis J. Faix and Joe Buneto, who worked full-time with Raphial for two years.

Regarding: "Raphial has gone through multiple iterations of engine sizes for his various development proposals.  He never completes one.  I believe there has been:  14″, 11″, 8″, 7″, and 6″ as at least proposals.  Blowing compressed air into cavities  teaches little about the performance of a combustion engine other than whether or not the parts fit and are free of binding."
Response: He completed the 14" engine, running on fuel, then modified to run on compressed air; now being modified to run on fuel again. He collected data which is published on his site. Nothing wrong with designing multiple iterations. I know of two sizes he's talked about: 14" and 6". The Russians want a 20", but Raphial hasn't developed plans for that one yet.

Regarding: "It has been 6 years since he has done any testing."
Response: See response above about financing challenges.

Regarding: "Raphial’s previous business plans that have called for production engines in a year or so if he only got money are entirely unrealistic.  There are many critical questions to answer before it can even be determined if a viable complete engine can be realized from his design."
Response: Raphial breaks the mold of tradition in many regards. Simplicity cuts through the Gordian knot with one fell swoop. Yes, before an engine goes into commercial roll-out, it will need to pass the rigors of testing and certification; and yes, Raphial may be a bit unrealistic in his optimism about the speed of rollout, but this doesn't disqualify him as an inventor. Anyone who works with inventors knows that the optimism is an attribute they work around in the real world.

Regarding: "Many people point to the DOD assessment of the engine. however it is a speculative assessment as it was not based on figured generated form live combustion testing. At best it was based on calculations  on running compressed air through a swing piston compressor. Running an engine under its own combustion is at totally different dynamic. "
Response: Lieutenant Colonel Brett Laboo of the Australian Department of Defense is not stupid. I'm grateful for his courage in seeing a good thing and bringing attention to it's potential.

Regarding: "Quote from Raphial; Short runs where the only runs we where able to manage because we did not have fuel injectors installed, instead we used a new induction system that I invented to run the MYT-14 engine that was not able to METER the correct FUEL/AIR mixture @ that early stage of development. This short runs was done before our Dynamo-meter was completed. All test runs were done on a metal work bench"
Response: These are all things that can be addressed/remedied, both with new solutions Raphial has thought of, as well as the application of suitable metering and controls. The Department of Defense requested EMP-proof mechanical fuel injection, which is answered by Raphial's advanced atomizer.

Raphial said: "I represent the next 100 years of the internal combustion engine. Aviation 2.0 will go forward."

Postscript:

A word to the 99% in the poll who said you would contribute to Raphial but have not yet, please follow through on your commitment. Follow the dreamer within, not the skeptic. The world needs the dreamers to win, not the skeptics.

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