Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #30000
From: Fred Osborn <fosborn@infowest.com>
Subject: Rusty's Single
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:58:04 -0700
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Rusty,

I would be interested to learn what you did to balance your single rotor. Did you add weight to the counterweights?
Were the counterweights the only "flywheel" in this latest smooooth run?

Fred O.

Well, there's certainly nothing wrong with the balance of the single rotor parts, because it's smooooooth as can be now that the redrive and prop are gone.  Below 1800 or so, there's some shake from the lack of flywheel weight, but it runs down to 1000 rpm or so without being too bad.  Above 2000, up to 6000 rpm, it's true rotary smooth.  I guess I just need a redrive with a suitable dampener now, but that's not going to be any sort of priority until the RV-8 is done.  Unfortunately, that kit was delayed, and I won't even get it until the first of March.

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