Lynn/Ed.
It's like 'Days of Our Lives', sitting on the edge of our seats, waiting to
see what the hell happened.
George (down under)

> Thanks Lynn
>
> The front #1 rotor had one apex seal broken into three parts (all parts
> still retain in the slot), one seal which appears to be stuck in the down
> position and no movement when pressed and one with nicks but moves and
> appears solid.
>
> The #2 rotor seems to be down on compression but I do get the the "Pop"
when
> pulling it through, nothing from the #1 rotor.
> So I was speculating that perhaps only the springs were damaged on #2.
>
> When I stuck the B9EGV in a 86 NA housing the ground electrode was a good
> 5mm or more from the combustion chamber, so now unless the turbo housings
> have shorter spark plug holes (unlikely) there appears to be no way the
> sparkplugs could have caused the damage.
>
> But, hopefully will have the full answer tomorrow.
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Lehanover@aol.com>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 7:57 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: The Verdit! c wasRe: [FlyRotary] No Joy on Sun &
> Fun{:<(
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> > In a message dated 4/10/2005 6:39:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > eanderson@carolina.rr.com writes:
> >
> > <<  It appears the apex seal did bounce over that curve part for a while
> and
> > either the apex seals finally gave way or the springs under them did.
> Perhaps
> > Lynn would know if its possible to break the springs while leaving the
> seal
> > intact.
> >   >>
> >
> > Up to now I have not tried the "Ski Jumping" apex seal idea, so, I don't
> know
> > how long the springs will last. I think that normal flex would not
affect
> > them, but once at RPM the gentle ramp idea becomes quite a shock to the
> spring
> > and that would reduce the spring to a multi part kit in short order.
> >
> > Retracted gap plugs don't touch anything.
> >
> > Lynn E. Hanover
> >
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