X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 611615 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:04:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm68aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050722150104.LHKQ25545.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm68aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:01:04 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm68aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050722150104.UFRJ27018.ibm68aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:01:04 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: TES "O" Rings Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:01:04 -0500 Message-ID: <000d01c58ece$2e865590$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C58EA4.45B04D90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C58EA4.45B04D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Back in 2002, the attached pictures were distributed, showing what = happens when the o-ring fills the groove too completely. =20 =20 Thanks for the amazing picture Bill! I'm as guilty as anyone when it = comes to trying to "improve" the design, but sometimes we need an example like this to remind us that Mazda has spent way more time and money getting = this right, than all of us combined could ever imagine. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (going to be hard to run a stock single rotor Mazda though) ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C58EA4.45B04D90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Back in 2002, the attached = pictures were=20 distributed, showing what happens when the o-ring fills the groove too=20 completely.  
 
Thanks for the amazing picture = Bill!   I'm as=20 guilty as anyone when it comes to trying to "improve" the design, = but=20 sometimes we need an example like this to remind us that Mazda has spent = way=20 more time and money getting this right, than all of us combined = could ever=20 imagine.   
 
Cheers,
Rusty (going to be hard to run a stock single = rotor=20 Mazda though)
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