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X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: (direct reply)\eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.00\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 869258 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:27:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.71; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050414212614.ZPJD2468.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:26:14 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] V shape Apex Seal Slots? Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:26:19 -0500 Message-ID: <013d01c54138$99110290$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_013E_01C5410E.B03AFA90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_013E_01C5410E.B03AFA90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apex Location Base Top =20 Seal1 1.99mm 2.16 - 2.26mm Seal2 1.98mm 2.22 - 2.25mm Seal3 1.98mm 2.18 - 2.20mm =20 Clearly the slot is larger at the top - is this due to design or is this = due to wear? Lynn??? Anybody? =20 =20 Hi Ed, =20 I still have the brand new rotor that was dropped by the ceramic = coaters, and I just measured the two un-smashed apex seal slots. I also measured = the slots on the dead rotor that was involved in my oil out adventure. All = the slots measure 1.89mm, with no sign of being larger at the top of the = slot than the bottom. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (my kingdom for a decent contractor)=20 ------=_NextPart_000_013E_01C5410E.B03AFA90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Apex Location = =20 Base =20 Top

Seal1 = =20 = =20 1.99mm 2.16 - 2.26mm

Seal2 = =20 = =20 1.98mm 2.22 - 2.25mm

Seal3 = =20 = =20 1.98mm 2.18 - 2.20mm

Clearly the slot is larger at the top - = is this due=20 to design or is this due to wear? Lynn??? Anybody?

Hi=20 Ed,

I still have=20 the brand new rotor that was dropped by the ceramic coaters, = and I=20 just measured the two un-smashed apex seal slots. I also measured = the=20 slots on the dead rotor that was involved in my oil out adventure. = All the=20 slots measure 1.89mm, with no sign of being larger at the top of the = slot than=20 the bottom.

Cheers,

Rusty (my=20 kingdom for a decent contractor)

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