X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-d06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.159.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2955825 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:46:08 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.159.7; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com (imo-d20.mail.aol.com [172.18.157.194]) by imr-d06.mx.aol.com (v107.10) with ESMTP id RELAYIN1-24848dd0519d; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:45:25 -0400 Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.4.) id q.bbc.2646291d (41810) for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:28:49 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:28:48 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Big engines To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1212733728" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5044 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-IP: 172.18.157.194 -------------------------------1212733728 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 You know Guys what this sounds llike the NSR 500 Honda. Honda would hace =20 liked to build a V-8 engine but the F1 Motorcycle rule book banned engines o= f =20 more than 4 cylinders. So...Honda built a 4 cylinder with OVAL pistons with=20= 2 =20 con rods per piston! It even ran pretty good but still couldn't beat the 2 =20 strokes. The double wide rotorwould really be interesting. I believe you wou= ld =20 have trouble unless you could put sationary gears on BOTH ends. The gears wo= uld=20 need to be timed perfectly though. It would be a fun project. Bill Jepson =20 In a message dated 6/5/2008 7:13:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, =20 panzera@experimental-aviation.com writes: I=E2=80=99m thinking that you don=E2=80=99t have a great enough height-to-w= idth ratio and=20 the rotor could get cocked and cause some horrific wear on the end iron.=20 My 2=C2=A2=20 Pat=20 =20 =20 =20 ____________________________________ =20 From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On=20 Behalf Of Lynn Hanover Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:39 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Big engines =20 =20 In this case you could machine away one face or both faces and braze two=20 rotors together. One end with the gear and the other without. You could hav= e=20 twice the bearing length, and nearly twice the displacement. =20 =20 Just the crank, rotors and housings would be special. Everything else could= =20 be stock pieces. Maybe double the torque, could be direct drive?=20 =20 =20 The rotors can also be TIG welded. Repairs are often required when reducing= =20 weight.=20 =20 =20 One complete housing with "O" rings against another machined down without=20 "O" rings. "O" ringed end Irons against non "O" ringed center section.=20 =20 =20 Lynn E. Hanover =20 =20 Can't you hear that????? =20 =20 **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with=20 Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. =20 (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=3D4?&NCID=3Daolfod00030000000002) -------------------------------1212733728 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

You know Guys what this sounds llike the NSR 500 Honda. Honda would hac= e=20 liked to build a V-8 engine but the F1 Motorcycle rule book banned engines o= f=20 more than 4 cylinders. So...Honda built a 4 cylinder with OVAL pistons with=20= 2=20 con rods per piston! It even ran pretty good but still couldn't beat the 2=20 strokes. The double wide rotorwould really be interesting. I believe you wou= ld=20 have trouble unless you could put sationary gears on BOTH ends. The gears wo= uld=20 need to be timed perfectly though. It would be a fun project.

Bill Jepson

In a message dated 6/5/2008 7:13:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time,=20 panzera@experimental-aviation.com writes:

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I=E2=80=99m thi= nking that you=20 don=E2=80=99t have a great enough height-to-width ratio and the rotor coul= d get cocked=20 and cause some horrific wear on the end iron.

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From:On Behalf Of Lynn Hanover
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:39=20 PM
To: Rotary motors in= =20 aircraft
Subject: [FlyR= otary]=20 Big engines

In this case you could machine away one face or=20= both=20 faces and braze two rotors together. One end with the gear and the other=20 without. You could have twice the bearing length, and nearly twice the=20 displacement.

Just the crank, rotors and housings wo= uld be=20 special. Everything else could be stock pieces. Maybe double the torq= ue,=20 could be direct drive?

The rotors can also be TIG welded. Repairs are o= ften=20 required when reducing weight.

One complete housing with "O" rings against anot= her=20 machined down without "O" rings. "O" ringed end Irons against non "O" ring= ed=20 center section.

Lynn E. Hanover

Can't you hear=20 that?????

Get trade secr= ets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking=20= with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.

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