X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from poplet4.per.eftel.com ([203.24.100.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.9) with ESMTP id 4483798 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:05:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.24.100.41; envelope-from=lendich@aanet.com.au Received: from sv1-1.aanet.com.au (mail.aanet.com.au [203.24.100.34]) by poplet4.per.eftel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CDA73C16F for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:04:27 +0800 (WST) Received: from ownerf1fc517b8 (203.171.92.134.static.rev.aanet.com.au [203.171.92.134]) by sv1-1.aanet.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 95AF2C5B07 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:04:26 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil return line Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:04:30 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01CB5EFC.EC95F050" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 100927-1, 09/27/2010), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CB5EFC.EC95F050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amen to all that brother. I'm still driving the 73 Landcruiser, my first car was a Ford Prefect = cost 5 Pounds ($10) 2nd hand, second car was an Austin A 40 2nd hand = cost 100 pounds ($200) and I was still driving that when I got back from = Vietnam in 70. Went bezerk after I got back in 70 and ordered a brand = new Datsun 1200. Blew all my Vietnam savings. Now my motorbike Suzuki 1800 has a bigger engine, but I've still got the = 73 cruiser. I wonder what the next 100 years will hold? George (down under) =20 Lynn, I notice they use metal where necessary, this could be problematic = with the rotary, especially with the end plates. I can see a way around = this with a system similar to the rotor housing liner, but we are a long = way from that technology. Still I would love to be around when it does = happen. I wonder why they considered the technology a failure, perhaps = longevity issues. George (down under) If you sell cars for a living you don't want to start producing cars = with engines that don't appear to wear out.=20 None of that technology will be used until competition forces them to. Those of us who drive cars until they will not move at all, could be = driving the same car for 30 years. Our Dodge Caravan has 214,000 miles = on it and running fine. My brother in law just gave us his minivan with 134,000 miles on it because they low-balled him too much as the trade = in on a new truck. Thank you dumb a__ car dealer. That means another 12 = years of free car for me.=20 So the carbon end plates would be faced with silicon nitride. Same = thing the best racing apex seals are made of. No heavy cast iron plates = to wear out. They guy who designed the Polimotors said he could have done the crank = shafts if given a bit more time. So there could have been a 140 pound = engine right there. That technology is now very old. What can be done = today? Lynn E. Hanover ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CB5EFC.EC95F050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Amen to all that=20 brother.

I'm still driving the 73 Landcruiser, my first car was a Ford = Prefect cost=20 5 Pounds ($10) 2nd hand, second car was an Austin A 40 2nd hand cost 100 = pounds=20 ($200) and I was still driving that when I got back from Vietnam in 70. = Went=20 bezerk after I got back in 70 and ordered a brand new Datsun 1200. = Blew all=20 my Vietnam savings.

Now my motorbike Suzuki 1800 has a bigger engine, but I've = still got=20 the 73 cruiser.

I wonder what the next 100 years will hold?

George (down under)

Lynn,

I notice they use metal where necessary, this could be = problematic with=20 the rotary, especially with the end plates. I can see a way around = this with=20 a system similar to the rotor housing liner, but we are a long = way from=20 that technology. Still I would love to be around when it does = happen.

I wonder why they considered the technology a failure, perhaps=20 longevity issues.

George (down under)

If you sell cars for a living you don't want to start producing = cars with=20 engines that don't appear to wear out.

None of that technology will be used until competition forces = them=20 to.

Those of us who drive cars until they will not move at all, could = be=20 driving the same car for 30 years. Our Dodge Caravan has 214,000 miles = on it=20 and running fine. My brother in law just gave us his minivan = with

134,000 miles on it because they low-balled him too much as the = trade in=20 on a new truck. Thank you dumb a__ car dealer. That means another 12 = years of=20 free car for me.

So the carbon end plates would be faced with silicon nitride. = Same thing=20 the best racing apex seals are made of. No heavy cast iron = plates to=20 wear out.

They guy who designed the Polimotors said he could have done the = crank=20 shafts if given a bit more time. So there could have been a 140 pound = engine=20 right there. That technology is now very old. What can be done = today?

Lynn E. Hanover

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