X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-gy0-f180.google.com ([209.85.160.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5135374 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:40:00 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.160.180; envelope-from=thomasmann51@gmail.com Received: by gyd8 with SMTP id 8so8189842gyd.25 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:39:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=aQ7+e5nYnbl5qNVe8fC4R+/ZLkcJ7h1eeKazoGQGr+s=; b=JOM8f6LYQDq5iWQd8s3ydxUXGjMppjjabDp66yC5CLw6koDoq8ZZoqDqojgBogmkJS Cp1AasokvoS3xXK23zyP0gEt9njEqAj8MgTaVHYWs4LEbQ/B+PmuRGLsYXnX3wEuVw8s M2Zgjcp8v0fXLBJzdhy65ignl+v0/Rq9euJGU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.28.1 with SMTP id l1mr6049330icc.40.1316914765517; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:39:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.51.195 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:39:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:39:25 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Eccentric Shaft Oil Jets From: Thomas Mann To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf304271c0cc535004adba1cf1 --20cf304271c0cc535004adba1cf1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Steven W. Boese wrote: > > The oil metering pump can easily be modified to use oil from an external > reservoir. A photo of how I did this is in the archives. Search for "oil > metering pump" and check messages from me. This pump modification has > worked fine for me for over 250 hours and averages a little less than one > ounce of oil per gallon of fuel. > > > > Steve Boese > RV6A, 1986 13B NA, RD1A, EC2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve, I'll check that out. I'm not concerned about running out of 2-Cycle oil on a flight due to taking off with an empty reservoir. I do a pretty thorough pre-flight. Thanks. T Mann --20cf304271c0cc535004adba1cf1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Steven = W. Boese <SBoese@uw= yo.edu> wrote:

=A0

The oil metering pump can easily be modified to use oil from a= n external reservoir.=A0 A photo of how I did this is in the archives.=A0 S= earch for "oil metering pump" and=A0check messages from me.=A0 Th= is pump modification has worked fine for me for over 250 hours and averages a little less than one ounce of oil per gallon of fuel.=

=A0

Steve Boese
RV6A, 1986 13B NA, RD1A, EC2
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Steve, I'll check t= hat out.=A0
I'm not concerned about running out of 2-Cycle oi= l on a flight due to taking off with an empty=A0reservoir. =A0I do a pretty= thorough pre-flight.

Thanks.

T Mann
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