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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Timing Pick- up
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:45:09 +1000
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Ernest,
So we agree on the set-up of the rotor and the cooling is not an issue, I 
guess you had those plates laser cut -but how the hell are you going to do 
the windings. Can you explain your design for that.
George ( down under)

> George Lendich wrote:
>>
>> I was thinking I could fix the rotor ( with pick up) to the back of the 
>> PSRU and attach the generator shell to the flywheel damper assembly.
>>
> That is EXACTLY what I'm doing.  Attaching the stator to the back of the 
> PSRU was stone simple.  I turned down the PSRU's back cover plate so that 
> there was a ridge that fit the inside of the stator.  With the stator thus 
> located, I match drilled four of the mounting holes into the back of the 
> plate.  I countersunk the other side of the plate then used four flat-head 
> screw into 3/16"x3/4" coupling nuts.  3/16" pan-head screws through the 
> stator into the coupling nut, and I was done.
>
> The rotor is going to require that I do some precision metal bending to 
> get a viable standoff.  I might try milling the standoff from an aluminum 
> plate. Haven't decided.
>> If your design is easier I am happy to look at that as well - I'm just 
>> researching as much as I can while I have some time to do so. I have some 
>> big projects coming up soon. One thing that concerned me about the 
>> permanent magnets was the heat sensitivity. What Amperage is your 
>> generator?
>>
> It's a 35Amp generator that will be stuck out in the wind fairly well. 
> All the intake air will be sucked passed it before being blown into the 
> engine.  Heat will be less of an issue than in it's designed environment 
> on the front of a Harley.
>
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