Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #55651
From: David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: RD-1B failure
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:23:00 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Subject: RD-1B failure
To: Dave Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>


Hi; Dave,

 

I’m very thankful to hear that this occurred after landing.

 

I’ve been unable to post on the rotary engine list for months due to blocking by Cox.  Perhaps you’d post this message on my behalf:

 

---The shear pin on the sun gear is the most likely candidate since it was sized for a normally aspirated 13B.   After the failure on Marks 20B, I have changed the pin diameter

 

Tracy;

 

Doesn’t this suggest that all 20B and 13B turbo should be upgraded to the larger pin? When was the failure on Mark’s 20B?

 

Al

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