Return-Path: Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.34] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2584229 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:02:57 -0400 Received: (qmail 19260 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2003 14:02:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([67.50.169.171]) (envelope-sender ) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 18 Sep 2003 14:02:56 -0000 Message-ID: <3F69ADAE.649CD03B@frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:05:50 -0400 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Tuned Length References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <... over 300 HP at 9,100 RPM ...> What was he showing at 6000 rpm? What were some of the engine attributes (turbo rotor housing? 9.5 rotors? Really REALLY trick porting, or just polishing factory ports? etc. etc. Inquiring minds need to know .... Jim S. Lehanover@aol.com wrote: > I was looking at a dyno sheet from my 12A, (2,292ccs) and I have 173.3 HP at > 6,500 RPM. > > This is with an intake manifold for a car that is making best power at 9,400 > RPM. > A very short compact intake that looks like the Racing Beat manifold. I was > talking Daryl Drummond at Mid Ohio yesterday and he confirmed he had the 13B up > to just over 300 HP at 9,100 RPM. A bit steep for aircraft use but it gives > you an idea that maybe the deep concern over tuned lengths is maybe less > important than some people think it is. These are bridge ported engines, but you do > that with a drill press and a die grinder. The engine weighs a bit less when > you get done, and you don't need a turbo to post the big HP numbers. My 12A is > required by the rules to breath through two 38MM chokes. The 13B has two 44MM > chokes. So each rotor housing gets one choke. I will send a PDF of the sheet > as soon as my wife shows me how to do that. Don't laugh, she can build a rotary > too. > > Lynn E. Hanover > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html -- Jim Sower Crossville, TN; Chapter 5 Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T