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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: The good news and the bad news......
From: Bill Eslick <wgeslick@gmail.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dennis Havarlah
<clouduster@austin.rr.com>wrote:

> ** ************
> Bill,
>
> Great flying and decision making to get it back on the ground with "minor"
> damage!!!
>
> I sure hope we can find the cause to prevent it in the future.
>
> One idea: Rotor #1  - still great comp.  Rotor #2 - None. First flight
> after plugs changed.  Any possibility one plug in Rotor #2 protruded beyond
> the housing and did damage?  *Not likely.  The wear in the photos was on
> #1, which still had compression.   *Why does Rotor # 2 have no
> compression?  *All I can figure is that by turning it over by hand, I
> crushed some of the ceramic and it became lodged between the apex seals and
> the rotor housing.  Certainly led me down a rabbit trail to nowhere.*
>
> The muffler crap should not have damaged anything because it would only get
> into the engine after the nose went down and the prop stopped.
>
> But on the other hand - you would have had some power from Rotor # 1  "No
> stumble, no hiccup, just instant silence" That indicates to me total failure
> of fuel or ignition.
>
> Concerning HushPower II mufflers - After Bobby H's. loss of power I removed
> my muffler and found the internals failing at about 225 hrs.  I removed all
> the internals and now fly with just the muffler shell.
>
> Dennis H.
>

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<font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></font></font><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dennis Havar=
lah <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:clouduster@austin.rr.com">cloud=
uster@austin.rr.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Bill, </font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Great flying and decision making to ge=
t it back on=20
the ground with &quot;minor&quot; damage!!!</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I sure hope we can find the cause to p=
revent it in=20
the future.=A0=A0 </font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">One idea: Rotor #1=A0 - still great co=
mp.=A0=20
Rotor #2 - None.=A0First flight after plugs changed.=A0=A0Any=20
possibility one plug in Rotor #2=A0protruded=A0beyond the housing=A0and=20
did damage?=A0 <b><font color=3D"#ff0000"><font size=3D"4">Not likely.=A0 T=
he wear in the photos was on #1, which still had compression.=A0=A0 </font>=
</font></b>Why does Rotor # 2 have no compression?=A0 <b><font size=3D"4"><=
font color=3D"#ff0000">All I can figure is that by turning it over by hand,=
 I crushed some of the ceramic and it became lodged between the apex seals =
and the rotor housing.=A0 Certainly led me down a rabbit trail to nowhere.<=
/font></font></b><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">=A0 </font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">The muffler crap should not have damag=
ed anything=20
because it would only get into the engine=A0after the nose went down=20
and=A0the prop stopped.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">But on the other hand - you would have=
 had some=20
power from Rotor # 1=A0 &quot;No stumble, no hiccup, just instant silence&q=
uot; That=20
indicates to=A0me=A0total failure of fuel or ignition.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Concerning HushPower II mufflers - Aft=
er Bobby H&#39;s.=20
loss of power I removed my muffler and found the internals failing at about=
 225=20
hrs.=A0 I removed all the internals and now fly with just the muffler=20
shell.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Dennis H.</font><br></div></div></bloc=
kquote></div><br>

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