Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:32:54 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.morenet.net.nz ([210.185.31.14] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b4) with SMTP id 2144240 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:01:08 -0400 Received: (qmail 12893 invoked by uid 504); 23 Apr 2003 05:52:11 -0000 Received: from frankv@infogen.net.nz by mail.morenet.net.nz by uid 501 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sophie: 2.10/3.64. Clear:. Processed in 0.358351 secs); 23 Apr 2003 05:52:11 -0000 Received: from ip-210-56-35-55.morenet.net.nz (HELO frankv.infogen.net.nz) (210.56.35.55) by 0 with SMTP; 23 Apr 2003 05:52:10 -0000 X-Original-Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030423184208.00a0a3e0@pop.infogen.net.nz> X-Sender: frankv@infogen.net.nz@pop.infogen.net.nz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 X-Original-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:51:57 +1200 X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Frank and Dorothy Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: overflow jugs? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 16:05 23/04/2003, you wrote: >Go to a junk yard & find a 10 year old Volvo. >Is there >something special about the old Volvo tank that makes it worth looking for? Seems to me that what you're getting is the benefits of metrication... In my imagination, I see a some Swedish designers discussing how big an overflow bottle they'll need, and the answer is (with appropriate muppet Swedish chef accent) "about a litre [woop de woop, bork, bork, bork]". So the Volvo has a 1-litre overflow bottle. Compare this with some Detroit car designers... "How big an overflow bottle? Oh, about a quart or so". For the metrically challenged, 1 litre = 2.2 pints = 1.1 quarts. So a Volvo's overflow bottle will be 10% bigger than an American overflow bottle. Of course, this theory would suggest that a standard Mazda overflow bottle ought to be 1 litre in size. But it's still a good story. :-) Frank