X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [216.52.118.220] (HELO cluster1.echolabs.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 965607 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 27 May 2005 14:20:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.52.118.220; envelope-from=ben@gmpexpress.net X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Clamd http://www.messagepartners.com X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Cloudmark http://www.messagepartners.com Received: from [72.9.22.171] (HELO ben22d25bef6f7) by fe1.cluster1.echolabs.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 14976421 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 27 May 2005 14:19:21 -0400 Message-ID: <000901c562e8$9bdddb70$ab160948@ben22d25bef6f7> From: "Ben Baltrusaitis" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] 5300 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:19:20 -0400 Organization: Biper Marketing Company MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01C562C7.131A45B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C562C7.131A45B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Al, are you saying you are only getting 5300 RPM with Wide Open = Throttle? If so, why so few rpms? If you are saying that you were at 5300 ft., what are you doing there = with only 2 gallons of fuel? Ben ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Al Gietzen=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Sump tank - Velocity version One other comment while it is on my mind. I have run my 20B at 5300 = WOT, gravity feeding from one main with about 2 gallons in it, through a = 3/8"line; and the low level warning near the top of the sump did not = come on. From that I infer that even with only about 3" head above the = top of the sump, I had adequate flow; maybe 18 -20 gph (EM2 flow flow = not yet calibrated. Normal operation then, with both tanks connected, I = would have more than double the necessary gravity flow needed to feed = from the mains to the sump. Al ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C562C7.131A45B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Al, are you saying you are only getting 5300 = RPM with=20 Wide Open Throttle?
If so, why so few rpms?
If you are saying that you were at 5300 ft., = what are=20 you doing there with only 2 gallons of fuel?
Ben
 
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From:=20 Al = Gietzen=20
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:55 = PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Sump = tank -=20 Velocity version

One other = comment=20 while it is on my mind.  I have run my 20B at 5300 WOT, gravity = feeding=20 from one main with about 2 gallons in it, through a 3/8=94line; and = the low=20 level warning near the top of the sump did not come on.  From = that I=20 infer that even with only about 3=94 head above the top of the sump, I = had=20 adequate flow; maybe 18 -20 gph (EM2 flow flow not yet = calibrated. =20 Normal operation then, with both tanks connected, I would have more = than=20 double the necessary gravity flow needed to feed from the mains to the = sump.

 

Al

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