Dave,
Also were you able to use the large washers between the damper/drive plate
and flywheel (as the silicone dampers overhang the outer edge of the flywheel
mounting area slightly) without triming the nose of the damper spline ??............
Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo
From: Tracy <rwstracy@gmail.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:38 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight with new Flywheel
David,
Was it a bolt on change or was it necessary to shorten the nose of the damper spline to use this flywheel?
Still looking at options.
Tracy
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I finally took the new flywheel and silicone dampers out for a flight today. I was hoping for a slight improvement in idle and/or smoothness with the little bit of extra weight in the flywheel, but I guess 4 lbs is just not enough to make much of a difference. I flew around for about an hour and got the RPM up to 7000 and MAP up to 40 in., and loading the plane to 4G (thinking about gyroscopic forces) without any noticeable change in the way the engine sounded or ran. Everything look ship-shape on a post-flight examination.
This is the ACT flywheel that Kelly found for us. Looks bulletproof compared to a flex plate.
Next project, finish installing the ADI system.