Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:10:48 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net ([24.50.78.4] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1236166 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:27:37 -0400 Received: from worldwinds ([207.175.254.66]) by smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GW1XCD00.3AX for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:26:37 -0400 From: "Gary Casey" X-Original-To: "lancair list" Subject: engines for IVP X-Original-Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:23:20 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 <<..As far as the drag race guy goes, I have met him and he has forgotten more about engines and gearboxes than you will ever know. He has designed and built a Hydrogen engine for General Motors, he designed and built a FADEC system and a complete fuel injection for John Force who has won 100 National Championships....I have seen his shop and he has 7 CNC's two 5,000 HP dyno's and everything else needed to fabricate anything one could imagine. Tom is not the only one that is afraid of your design of a gearbox or the EngineAir solution. When the main drive is about .050in. thick for 400 HP that my friend is a design that needs much rework....I watched the gearbox fail.....You should thank your lucky stars that it broke when it did. I believe in safety and lowering the risk of flying not increasing it....I am only asking anyone that is looking for an alternative to a Turbine or an aircraft designed engine to beware.>> Lots of innuendos and out-of context comments, but not much real information for those of us that aren't in the know. I have known ignorant people that win and knowledgeable people that lost. I know some that own dynos and can't design engines. And lots of different metal thicknesses are used in lots of different applications. I assume you are saying that the referenced drive that failed did so because a .050 piece of metal failed? All turbine and "aircraft-designed" engines can be assumed reliable? More info please. Gary Casey ES project