X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.103] (HELO ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 962381 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:26:44 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.103; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-065-188-083-049.carolina.res.rr.com [65.188.83.49]) by ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id j4OLPuL5008063 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:25:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000301c560a7$368f40d0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Why I opted for the rotary Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:26:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine I can wholeheartedly relate to your sentiments as I share them. As I told several of my hangar neighbors when they poked a little fun at me after loosing the rotor on way to Sun &Fun, ".....show me a Lycoming that will bring you back with half of the cylinders gone!" Besides that - as those photos show trashing connecting rods will almost certainly break open the case dumping oil onto a hot exhaust, draining the engine of oil so that if it has not seize by this point it shortly will - all are something else you don't face when you lose a rotor. Every two years I have to fly behind a reciprocating engine for my BFR and it takes me a while to stop thinking about those pistons and connecting rods trying to tear themselves apart and concentrate on the refresher training. Ed A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Why I opted for the rotary > There are a list of problems that will stop a rotary cold, but the > pictures here are what I see a piston engine trying to do to itself > whenever I visualize one running. > > http://carneyaviation.com/enginefire/ > > -- > ,|"|"|, | > ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta | > o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org | > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >