X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from WA4EHSOBE004.bigfish.com ([216.32.181.16] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTPS id 2956670 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:52:52 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.32.181.16; envelope-from=Grant.Schemmel@Aeroflex.com Received: from mail156-wa4-R.bigfish.com (10.8.14.254) by WA4EHSOBE004.bigfish.com (10.8.40.24) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.240.5; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:52:12 +0000 Received: from mail156-wa4 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail156-wa4-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCCCF870516 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:52:12 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: VPS-25(zza0dJ7efV1447Rzzzzz32i6bh61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 Received: by mail156-wa4 (MessageSwitch) id 1212778331858509_19558; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:52:11 +0000 (UCT) Received: from sec-fe1.aeroflex.com (sec-fe1.aeroflex.com [199.4.132.6]) by mail156-wa4.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A097D750077 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:52:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from EVS2.aeroflex.corp ([10.50.1.101]) by sec-fe1.aeroflex.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:52:11 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C8C806.6D320F45" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Steam engine Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:52:09 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Steam engine Thread-Index: AcjIBV2eMTZA42KxS7iGwic3MY3q4AAAQG2A References: From: "Schemmel, Grant" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jun 2008 18:52:11.0087 (UTC) FILETIME=[6D66C5F0:01C8C806] Return-Path: Grant.Schemmel@Aeroflex.com ------_=_NextPart_001_01C8C806.6D320F45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the advice Lynn! ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Lynn Hanover Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:44 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Steam engine = = The inlet would be the leading plug hole. The outlet the stock exhaust port. Draw that up. Flip it top to bottom and left to right and port the other side. It will work as a compressor or a steam engine. = Lynn E. Hanover = = I was thinking that maybe if you position the ports correctly, you might be able to power two sides of a rotor at once: Side A would be feeding steam in through the normal intake port, then exhaust out through a p-port somewhere around the leading sparkplug location; Side B would be feeding steam in through a new port somewhere around the trailing sparkplug and exhausting out the normal exhaust port. = I'm pretty sure this would work for one side, but I'm not so sure about two sides at once. I have a '91 turbo 13B that I'm intending to go into a BD4 someday, but have not gotten around to tearing it down, so I'm not intimately familiar with Wankel timing yet. What do those of you who have a lot more experience with the engine think of the idea? = Grant Schemmel Penrose, CO = Notice: This e-mail is intended solely for use of the individual or entity = to which it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, p= rivileged, company confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applica= ble law. If the reader is not the intended recipient or agent responsible f= or delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notifie= d that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is = strictly prohibited. If this communication has been transmitted from a U.S= . location it may also contain data subject to the International Traffic in= Arms Regulations or U.S. Export Administration Regulations and cannot be d= isseminated, distributed or copied to foreign nationals, residing in the U.= S. or abroad, without the prior approval of the U.S. Department of State or= appropriate export licensing authority. If you have received this communic= ation in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail or collect telepho= ne call and delete or destroy all copies of this e-mail message, any physic= al copies made of this e-mail message and/or any file attachment(s). ------_=_NextPart_001_01C8C806.6D320F45 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks for the advice Lynn!

From: Rotary motors in aircraft = [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Lynn = Hanover
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:44 PM
To: Rota= ry = motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Steam = engine

The inlet would be the leading plug hole. The outlet the stock exhau= st = port. Draw that up. Flip it top to bottom and left to right and port the = other = side. It will work as a compressor or a steam engine.
 
Lynn E. Hanover
 
 
I was thinking that maybe if you position the ports correctly, you = might
be able to power two sides of a rotor at once: Side A would be = feeding
steam in through the normal intake port, then exhaust out thro= ugh = a
p-port somewhere around the leading sparkplug location; Side B would= = be
feeding steam in through a new port somewhere around the = trailing
sparkplug and exhausting out the normal exhaust port.

= I'm = pretty sure this would work for one side, but I'm not so sure about
tw= o = sides at once.  I have a '91 turbo 13B that I'm intending to go into=
a = BD4 someday, but have not gotten around to tearing it down, so I'm = not
intimately familiar with Wankel timing yet.  What do those of= you = who
have a lot more experience with the engine think of the = idea?

Grant Schemmel
Penrose, CO

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