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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:58 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] More turbo issues
Greetings,
I was talking to Fred this morning, and he mentioned
something I hadn’t considered about the use of the turbo. The would
have to be a huge gyroscopic load on the bearings of the turbo when doing
aerobatics. The more I’ve thought about it, the more I can’t
recall ever hearing of an aerobatic plane with a turbo. Certainly
something to think about.
I have to admit that I came VERY close to removing the turbo
today, but I’ve come this far, and now have the BUC (big ugly cowl) sized
to fit everything, so I’m going ahead with the turbo. Of course the
weight and balance could shoot the turbo out of the water too. Unfortunately,
I seem to be at the eternal 2 month to completion mark :-)
Rusty
Turbo 13B powered RV-3 (experimental aircraft)...Be Afraid
:-)
1993 RX-7 R1... Not stock, carry bail money :-)
Interesting point on the gyrosopic loads, the wheels
are fairly low mass, but very high RPM so the loads could be considerable.
Yes, the dreaded old 90% complete 90% to go
point. Been there also!
Ed