Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2475596 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:47:00 -0400 Received: from o7y6b5 (clt78-221.carolina.rr.com [24.93.78.221]) by ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with SMTP id h6FBj894008466 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:45:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000d01c34ac7$f5a0a880$1702a8c0@WorkGroup> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Failure Report from Chuck Dunlap Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:55:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Failure Report from Chuck Dunlap > Ed Anderson wrote: > > > > >Also, not certain that a turbo sized for a two rotor exhaust flow would get > >sufficient exhaust mass flow from only one rotor to produce boost. Guess > >its something Rusty can check out for us. > > > >Ed Anderson > > > > > Ed, this was my experience in the turbo car. When the rear rotor went, > there was no turbo action. > > -- > Perry Mick Thanks for the information, Perry. Having worked with turbos on cars (in my younger days), I found that folks put on large turbochargers and then were puzzled why no boost. Just not sufficient mass flow to generate enough spin to generate boost in most cases. Losing approx 1/2 of your exhaust mass flow with lost of a rotor is bound to have an adverse effect on boost. So sounds like one ought not to count on a turbo providing that extra margin (if it survives the fragments of the apex seal). Best Regards Ed Anderson