X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3876712 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:08:27 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@bellairepolice.com Return-Path: cbarber@bellairepolice.com Received: from fcd-mail05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([172.16.5.24]) by FCD-MAIL03.FCDATA.PRIVATE with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:07:58 -0500 Received: from fcd-mail05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([4.4.5.9]) byfcd-mail05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([4.4.5.9]) with mapi; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:07:48-0500 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:07:08 -0500 From: Chris Barber Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Seepage, no more. Oil system To: Rotary motors in aircraft Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Seepage, no more. Oil system Thread-Index: AcpGvoN4xJzwHlSQQpa6ZYW7jcHlyAAAhXJ2 References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Oct 2009 20:07:58.0103 (UTC) FILETIME=[B2CE9A70:01CA46C0] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_D0F749463E0EF646B3946A4248B3C86A020D4135E8fcdmail05FCDA_" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_000_D0F749463E0EF646B3946A4248B3C86A020D4135E8fcdmail05FCDA_ Content-Type: text/plain;charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We put the jets in ours. IIRC, it was quite straight forward. Chris Barber ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf O= f Bryan Winberry [bryanwinberry@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:51 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Seepage, no more. Oil system FWIW, When I was rebuilding my Renesis, I had planned to install the jets. I p= urchased them from Atkins against their recommendation. I bounced it off= Tracy, and he concurred with Atkins. Their contention was that the jets= were more for auto racing applications (very high rpm=92s). Bryan ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On B= ehalf Of Jeff Whaley Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:45 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Seepage, no more. Oil system Hi Lynn, with regards to your high-lighted comment about the check balls = in the crank =96 that is one item Bruce Turrentine suggested be removed i= n an overhaul for aircraft applications, replacing the balls with a carbu= retor jet to allow oil flow right away and continuously. So, I did instal= l carburetor jets in my e-shaft during rebuild. Any comments? Anybody els= e out there do the same thing? Just curious as I=92m fighting high oil t= emps. Jeff Plus, the rotary is cold blooded. The big bearings stress the oil film to= no great extent, and the major source of oil temperature is rotor coolin= g. At low speeds and idle, the check balls in the crank don't even open t= o allow cooling oil to spray into the engine. Those balls operate as a fu= nction of RPM not temperature. On the other hand, you will get a water temperature increase within one m= inute of startup. A water based coolant has very low viscosity and flow t= o a distant heat exchanger will be immediate. Like the rear heater in my = school bus. Lynn E. Hanover Warning: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e= -mails attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legal= ly privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the person respon= sible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notifie= d that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the informa= tion contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED= =2E If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately n= otify us by telephone at 713-662-8132 and destroy the original transmissi= on and its attachments without reading them. Thank you. --_000_D0F749463E0EF646B3946A4248B3C86A020D4135E8fcdmail05FCDA_ Content-Type: text/html;charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
We pu= t the jets in ours.  IIRC, it was quite straight forward.
 
Chris Barber
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [= flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bryan Winberry [bryanwinberry@b= ellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:51 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Seepage, no more. Oil system

FWIW,

When I was = rebuilding my Renesis, I had planned to install the jets.  I purchas= ed them from Atkins against their recommendation.  I bounced it off Tracy, and he concurred with Atkins.  Their contenti= on was that the jets were more for auto racing applications (very high rp= m=92s).

Bryan

 

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancair= online.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Whaley<= br> Sent: Tuesday, October 06= , 2009 3:45 PM
To: Rotary motors in airc= raft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Seepage, no more. Oil system 

Hi Lynn, with regards to your high-lighted comment about= the check balls in the crank =96 that is one item Bruce Turrentine suggested be removed in an overhaul for aircraft applic= ations, replacing the balls with a carburetor jet to allow oil flow right= away and continuously. So, I did install carburetor jets in my e-shaft d= uring rebuild. Any comments? Anybody else out there do the same thing?  Just curious as I=92m fighting high o= il temps.

Jeff

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On the other hand= , you will get a water temperature increase within one minute of startup.=  A water based coolant has very low viscosity and flow to a distant heat exchanger will be immediate. Like the rear he= ater in my school bus.

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Lynn E. Hanover

 


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