No magic is involved. Same way as oil gets into the Mazda (or most
any engine) crankshaft. The rear prop shaft bearing is a large
pressure fed bearing with groove in middle that matches up with a hole in the
shaft.
Tracy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:52
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] getting oil down
prop shaft
Tracey is probably the best one to answer this, but many may
know the
answer.
In the RD-1x, the oil flows down the prop shaft,
out the end, and then
through the sun an planet gears. How does the
oil get in the shaft to
begin with? The thing is spinning at 2500
RPM. My mental view is of
the shaft doing everthing in its power to
throw the oil OUT.
Work was begun to drill the prop shaft I have, but
it was never
finished. I'm wondering if completing it will be worth
the trouble.
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