Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net ([68.230.241.27] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3189735 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:22:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.west.cox.net ([172.18.180.56]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20040425162249.BLYP19873.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:22:49 -0400 From: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: MT c/s prop discount Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:22:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=____1082910169344_d?.3.h-rNt" Message-Id: <20040425162249.BLYP19873.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=____1082910169344_d?.3.h-rNt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There is a guy here in so-cal offering a discount on MT eletric c/s props (left or right, 2 or 3 blade). It costs slightly more to have it delivered elsewhere in the country. I thought some may be interested, I am. The prices quoted are for the 72" blades. Dave Leonard --------------- Hi Dave, I'm running the left hand turning MT electric CS Propeller on my LOM engine. I really like it. However, I bought the 3 blade propeller which lists for $10,880, and this was before I was a distributor. This is a special price. Probably the 1st annual sale price is the easiest way to describe it. MT Propeller is a certified propeller manufacturer. Their propellers are actually all custom designed propellers. They just don't advertise them that way. The price would be the same on this buy for the left hand turning electric CS propellers. 2 blade - MTV-17-C/L178-59 $7,350 assembled in Southern California. 3 blade - MTV-18-C/L178-119d $8,700 assembled in Southern California.Jim Ayers ------=____1082910169344_d?.3.h-rNt Content-Type: text/html; name="reply" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="reply" Message
 
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 2.85 redrive

All this talk about 2.85 gear boxes, getting higher into the power curve,
improving cliumb performance, etc, is really interesting.  Since 3 of my 6
initial reasons for going rotary were reliability, I'm wondering what running
at these higher power levels is going to do in that regard.

 
Hi Marv,
 
I think it's extremely unlikely that anyone will have a catastrophic failure of a NA rotary below 8000 rpm.  Now if you turbo it, all bets are off.  This is one of the reasons I no longer run a turbo on the plane.  I can afford to blow the FD engine, and AAA will tow it back to my house. 
 
You are correct about wear though, but you have to decide what you want.  I want a toy, that makes people say "Holy S***" every time I take off.  Even if it "only" lasts 1000 hours before it wears out, that's 30 years of flying for me.  The symptoms of a worn out engine are pretty benign, so when the time comes, I just rebuild it.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty (anybody need a turbo?  anybody at all...  <g>)  
 
Why....do you have another turbo?  I was considering adding one primarily for the benefit of muffling the exhaust. I was impressed when I heard John Slade's engine running with the turbo.  Very quiet. Possibly because the turbo muffles the exhaust, and then the prop finishes the job?   Paul Conner



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