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From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
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Posted for "Ian Beadle" <ianb@ozzienet.net>:

> Tracy and rotary enthusiasts, Ron Gowan's post about the lube system in
> the Marcotte re-drive brings up my major concern with the planetary
> reduction re-drive. Is anyone doing a remote reservoir and lube system
> for this type? I'd like to optimize the lubricants for each system and
> not have a common oil supply for the engine and redrive.

The problem is that you still have to cool the gearbox. Take a 150 Kw engine
and a very optimistic 2% loss in the box, that gives heat to be dissipated
of 3Kw. Imagine three 1Kw electric bar heaters in your workshop on a hot
day!

Ian RV6A Australia.