Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #43101
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Ceramic Seals
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:31:09 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Paul Vermillion wrote:
Newbie Question---for the "normal"13B NA engine, how do the ceramic  apex
seals compare with the other types of seals you all are using?  (I've rarely
ever read anything about their use in this forum.)
  
That's because they're so expensive, and we're all so cheap 8*)

I believe Lynn has said that if you can afford them they will allow you to endlessly do some ungodly RPM without damaging the rotor housings.  I'm restricting my engine to godly RPMs, so it is an unnecessary expense.

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