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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Used engine price (was: Re: V shape Apex SealSlots?)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:33:00 +1000
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Jesse,
Now there's an idea - cutting oversized apex slots in  rotors and supplying
oversized seals.
George (down under)

> Years ago, (40s or 50s, I think) perfect circle made a rig that cut ring
> grooves a little wider and squared them up where you could use an over
> width, thick, whatever ring to get the straight up and down side wall
> containment of the ring.  It would also knurl little blocks saying perfect
> circle on the sides of the piston to hold a little more oil and keep the
> piston from rocking, if you had a little too much slack there.  Now, I
would
> think the same principle would work here, if you can get straight and
square
> in what ever the widest seal width would be. JMHO
> jofarr, soddy tn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lehanover@aol.com>
>
> > In a message dated 04/15/2005 11:14 Central Daylight Time,
dale.r@cox.net
> > writes:
> >
> > <<  Lynn,
> > > This would seem to indicate that if one discovered "tapered" slots
> > > before the seal came out and ate up the engine he could cut them out
to
> > > 3 mm and give the rotor a whole new life.
> > > Does that make sense? ... Jim S. >>
> >
> > Perfect sense.
>
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