Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:32:58 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from fed1mtao07.cox.net ([68.6.19.124] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2630136 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:29:54 -0400 Received: from smtp.west.cox.net ([172.18.180.57]) by fed1mtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <20031009152952.OYGA13061.fed1mtao07.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:29:52 -0400 From: Dale Rogers X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: EWP - Success at last? X-Original-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:29:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-Message-Id: <20031009152952.OYGA13061.fed1mtao07.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> Ed Anderson wrote: > I must admit that I am highly surprised to find that it might only take 7.5 > amps. Heck my high pressure fuel pump (one) takes almost that much current. > If it were 15-30 amps I would be less surprised, but 7.5 does surprise me. > However, that is fairly easy to measure, so I have to assume the current > figures must be correct. Part of the answer lies in the fact that once the motor is spun up, it isn't drawing anyway near it's maximum current. Inrush current at startup may very well be in the 15-30 amp range. Dale R.