X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.195] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 711810 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:57:50 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.195; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z3so934897nzf for ; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:57:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=WfiX47xJcYrvUyW6nCI6TJxTsHHtrAg5B4jaCfOOhgWf3x5+Tb25chFACrDc+GaXfHN53Bs3iC2rMG875l1iOsopvwSEX0BfqT59KWUsU1AI354nlrX72YbAmWIgoQqIL3fBXF1uaaM4xzTVOXNorw0HeJqoIo4ZOUSsvvps7W4= Received: by 10.36.20.7 with SMTP id 7mr4985162nzt; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.8.13 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1c23473f05090509574bb442b0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:57:05 -0700 From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Another great flying day = another day of troubleshooting In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_22920_25385588.1125939425865" References: ------=_Part_22920_25385588.1125939425865 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline >=20 > Actually, Dave you had a higher pressure ratio (manifold to ambient) at= =20 > 10,000 feet with 26" boost than at sea level with 36". At sea level the= =20 > pressure ratio would be 36/29.92 =3D 1.20. At 10,000 ft ambient pressure = =3D=20 > 20.57 " hg , so the pressure ratio would be 26/20.57 =3D 1.26. Not much= =20 > greater, but it was higher by approx.1.23" Hg. (1.20 -1.26 =3D .06 *20.57= =3D=20 > 1.234" Hg).=20 >=20 > Ed A >=20 > Right. But what does the plug know about the ambient pressure? I thought= =20 that it was just the absolute density of the charge that was contributing t= o=20 SAG. --=20 Dave Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html ------=_Part_22920_25385588.1125939425865 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

 Actually, Dave you had a higher pressure ratio (manifold to ambien= t) at 10,000 feet with 26" boost than at sea level with 36". = ; At sea level the pressure ratio would be 36/29.92 =3D 1.20.  At 10,0= 00 ft ambient pressure =3D=20 20.57 " hg , so the pressure ratio would  be 26/20= .57 =3D 1.26.  Not much greater, but it was higher by approx.1.23"= ; Hg. (1.20 -1.26 =3D .06 *20.57 =3D 1.234" Hg).

Ed A

Righ= t.  But what does the plug know about the ambient pressure?  I th= ought that it was just the absolute density of the charge that was contribu= ting to SAG.

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