Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.82] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2583607 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:46:18 -0400 Received: from o7y6b5 (clt78-020.carolina.rr.com [24.93.78.20]) by ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with SMTP id h8I1cs0R015190 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:38:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00cf01c37d86$5f0a3520$1702a8c0@WorkGroup> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Internal gearing ... Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:44:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Canyon" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Internal gearing ... > Ed Anderson wrote: > >Err, not certain I followed all of that. The shaft side gear is > >rigid with > >the block/housing - not the the eccentric shaft (if I understood you > >statement correctly.) The moving rotor side part of the gear "Pushes" > >against the fixed (bolted to the front and rear iron side housings) > >gear due > >to the power stroke. This causes the rotor to "Push-move" away taking its > >eccentric shaft journal with it on the journey around the race track. > --- > I didn't express it very well but I did understand the above. Still > pondering the possibilities but at least I can see why it would be > difficult to make that 1:1 gearing without introducing a lot of new > elements to the equation, even if it were possible. > > Thanks, Ed. > > Steve > Given enough time and money - a lot of things are possible. Unfortunately, I don't have enough of either {:>) You are wecome, Steve Ed