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X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 932846 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 May 2005 18:51:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050504225026.JGHR2063.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 18:50:26 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "Flyrotary List" Subject: CVT (continuously variable transmission) Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:50:41 -0500 Message-ID: <049801c550fb$b2917e20$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0499_01C550D1.C9BB7620" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0499_01C550D1.C9BB7620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings, =20 Here's a neat article on CVT's- = http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm (At least skip to page 4 and 6 = for the animated pictures if you've wondered how these work.)=20 =20 Has anyone heard of any research toward using these for PSRU's? I have = no idea how heavy they are, or if they could be dumbed down from the = factory computers, or if they could be made to survive. Sure would be a nice = option if they could work. =20 =20 Rusty =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0499_01C550D1.C9BB7620 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Greetings,

Here's a neat = article on=20 CVT's- http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm =20 (At = least skip to=20 page 4 and 6 for the animated pictures if you've wondered how these = work.)=20

Has anyone = heard of any=20 research toward using these for PSRU's? I have no idea how heavy = they are,=20 or if they could be dumbed down from the factory computers, or if they = could be=20 made to survive. Sure would be a nice option if they could = work. =20

Rusty

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