X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: \eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.00\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 864335 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:58:09 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.37; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38.7.) id q.d7.24426ee4 (4262) for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:57:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:57:10 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] The Verdit! c wasRe: [FlyRotary] No Joy on Sun & Fun{:<( To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 In a message dated 4/10/2005 6:39:14 PM Central Daylight Time, eanderson@carolina.rr.com writes: << It appears the apex seal did bounce over that curve part for a while and either the apex seals finally gave way or the springs under them did. Perhaps Lynn would know if its possible to break the springs while leaving the seal intact. >> Up to now I have not tried the "Ski Jumping" apex seal idea, so, I don't know how long the springs will last. I think that normal flex would not affect them, but once at RPM the gentle ramp idea becomes quite a shock to the spring and that would reduce the spring to a multi part kit in short order. Retracted gap plugs don't touch anything. Lynn E. Hanover