X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-ew0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2o) with ESMTPS id 4872172 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:37:55 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.215.52; envelope-from=dmlobner@gmail.com Received: by ewy23 with SMTP id 23so335455ewy.25 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:37:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=EYV9LJF0+cfW41AkJ89NfeH0oXBSZmSj795q3ALIcrA=; b=kdkpxyy4pqx6bh1C6z0qSKj8fUCEbxnBSgFc/SLda33Y+3IYQ9F8+9j80aoeSE84Gp nbDltXniVzW9yPho+cmDiy65ngeRutkcCtyH5QTELiMw3OQ+Ns87VmcwW09JsZLSJrfP jHQwiUfli9znXI9FfoAp29046t7HiZvbTe27U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=FF4LQlczx6W5uu6lu7/PA9/OlHv3REHyk6araz5DUpmUkNjMuz2zVCIiC2tiMNJDFP /GIDKhA5cxqgtKxmWFEOHfslT/SGSZ1xCd6CaZRP5eszAYzkd2KhAdlGS2vmqkwsP8N3 mKjQX/utbA6ZGhwURQnGywzZJ6UANDXZHRWSM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.28.141 with SMTP id m13mr583739ebc.50.1297859837182; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:37:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.33.135 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:37:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:37:17 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: SPAM-LOW: [FlyRotary] Re: Ceramic Apex Seals....curiosity REceramin/carbon/steelst From: Dustin Lobner To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd116e290459d049c658a57 --000e0cd116e290459d049c658a57 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maybe there is a specific brand that he wouldn't recommend? I didn't know = a whole lot about rotaries at the time, and I was actually looking at a 20B application instead of a Renesis like now. Dustin On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Thomas Mann wrote: > Really! Adam must have changed his tune because that is about 180 > degrees from what he told me. > > In fact, I wasn=92t even considering Ceramic Apex Seals until after I tal= ked > with him. > > T Mann > > *From:* Dustin Lobner > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:29 PM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* SPAM-LOW: [FlyRotary] Re: Ceramic Apex Seals....curiosity > REceramin/carbon/steelst > > For what it's worth, I called Adam at www.rotaryengines.com and had a hal= f > hour discussion with him about things. He was remarkably open about putt= ing > it in an aircraft (a lot of other places won't give you the time of day i= f > they hear "aircraft" as I'm sure some of you know). I said that for an > aircraft he wouldn't put in ceramics because they're more there for > super-high stress situations like drag racing, but for an aircraft the > cost:benefit ratio isn't there. Plus, he's not 100% convinced on the > reliability. > > Dustin > > --000e0cd116e290459d049c658a57 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maybe there is a specific brand that he wouldn't recommend?=A0 I didn&#= 39;t know a whole lot about rotaries at the time, and I was actually lookin= g at a 20B application instead of a Renesis like now.

Dustin

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Thomas Mann <tmann@n200lz.com= > wrote:
Really! Adam must have changed his tune because that is about 180=20 degrees=A0 from what he told me.
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In fact, I wasn=92t even considering Ceramic Apex Seals until after I = talked=20 with him.
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T Mann
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Subject: SPAM-LOW: [FlyRotary] Re: Ceramic Apex Seals....curios= ity=20 REceramin/carbon/steelst
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For=20 what it's worth, I called Adam at www.rotaryengines.com and had a half=20 hour discussion with him about things.=A0 He was remarkably open about=20 putting it in an aircraft (a lot of other places won't give you the tim= e of day=20 if they hear "aircraft" as I'm sure some of you know).=A0 I s= aid that for an=20 aircraft he wouldn't put in ceramics because they're more there for= super-high=20 stress situations like drag racing, but for an aircraft the cost:benefit ra= tio=20 isn't there.=A0 Plus, he's not 100% convinced on the=20 reliability.

Dustin


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