X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from ironman.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.32.51] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.4) with ESMTP id 1713308 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:09:24 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=128.83.32.51; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu DomainKey-Signature: s=main; d=austin.utexas.edu; c=nofws; q=dns; b=MDcoGgtcSAMq/u1/H3/W/dwaHSvGhQVTzBo2szzliXeTIZ6o5gxoLa5tVKhzz/+1GbS0+8wSrjkpdFicEkO5xTDHQ29hnHam0S+TmMOCAcQqsXG6gv/HjkMaIyfQvapp4B8G8SzPMPQfJXYl6ym/kjAOdVTYOK+4DDvyxxYbwUQ=; Received: from exb02.austin.utexas.edu (HELO MAIL02.austin.utexas.edu) ([129.116.87.143]) by ironman.mail.utexas.edu with ESMTP; 25 Dec 2006 05:08:36 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C72815.05A0302F" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Dead Rotor at 3000ft Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:05:09 -0600 Message-ID: <5B59870CA143DD408BD6279374B74C8B010C2051@MAIL02.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <5B59870CA143DD408BD6279374B74C8B010C2051@MAIL02.austin.utexas.edu> Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Dead Rotor at 3000ft Thread-Index: AccnbwwX7QVBCvLNR/SKgUPJYpG9pAApX5aY References: From: "Steitle, Mark R" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C72815.05A0302F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jofarr, We won't know the cause until the engine is disassembled and carefully = examined. I will be anxious to find out if there are severe chatter = marks. Ed, how many hours did your engine have when you lost the two = apex seals? =20 =20 Mark=20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft on behalf of jesse farr Sent: Sun 12/24/2006 8:19 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Dead Rotor at 3000ft Ken's email response was the first indication I received of Joe's rotor = problem. Looks like web world has lost another message. Fortunately when = these things happen, we usually get it picked up in replies like this. =20 Now, did he just have a rotor seal problem or did it start with a plug = coming apart and taking the seal out?=20 =20 jofarr, soddy tn ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ken Welter =20 =09 =09 What apex seals are you running??? I got the engine compression gage and proceeded to take the spark plug = out of the front rotor - top - BR9EQ-14. Hmmm - I don't remember there = being a casing around the electrode - and why is that casing sliding? = Apparently the casing around the electrode broke somewhere inside the = sparkplug and into two halves long ways down the electrode. 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