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Where in heavens name do you fly, Jim? That many bugs I want to say away from {:>). They would likely dimple and distort the leading edge causing a total disruption of airflow and then a spiraling descent -well, you get the idea.

Ed A

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From: James Maher

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:21 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Air Cleaners-Screens (was Re: Latest on the Motor Trouble

One situation that I can think of, that is very likely to occur would be flying into a swarm of bugs. Even a coarse screen such as Al has installed could

easily become clogged with dead bugs choking off all intake air and causing the engine to stop running. That swarm of bugs without the screen would in all likelyhood be ingested and spit out through the exhaust without so much as a hiccup by the engine. Just playing devils advocate. :o)

Jim

Jerry Hey <jerryhey@earthlink.net> wrote:

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This is kind of a weird
topic to me as I can't think of any reason to not protect the engine
with a filter.

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