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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: Sized 13b
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:12:27 +1000
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Ernest,
I remember that now - I hope it works for you.
There is always Tracy to fall back on.
George ( down under)

> George Lendich wrote:
> 
> >Ernest,
> >What's this about a PSRU - what have you been designing ?
> >George ( down under)
> >  
> >
> 
> Not really my design, George.  I bought the PSRU I have along with the  
> engine from a guy at the 8NC8 airport over in Durham.  He was building a 
> 2/3rd scale Stearman, and couldn't find a small radial, so he started 
> designing a look-alike with a 13B as the base.  He was building it 
> heavy, because the design called for a lot of weight up front.
> 
> He basically took the wheel hub from a race car and welded it to the C6 
> ring gear housing.  Then pressed the works into a custom aluminum 
> casting.  The gear box started at 33lbs, and I've shaved it down to 27.  
> He mounted car heater cores around the bellhousing with custom made 
> aluminum fins slid over them.  Looked just like jugs sticking out in the 
> wind.
> 
> So as not to fill up Marv's disk space, look through my pictures here:
> 
> http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/Delta/Pictures/
> 
> PSRU.jpg and BellHousing.jpg is what the gearbox and bellhousing looked 
> like when I got it.  Just noticed that I don't have any pictures of it 
> after my hatchet job.  I'll have to fix that tomorrow.
> 
> -- 
> This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against
> instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
> mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
> decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."
> 
> 
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