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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:11:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Modifying the Renesis oil pan
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From: Jerry Hey <jerryhey@earthlink.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Thanks Dale,  The original pan bottom is still place. It should trap 
oil in steep ascents.   For a pusher, the wedge can be reversed.  Jerry
On Sunday, June 5, 2005, at 03:17 PM, Dale Rogers wrote:

> Jerry,
>
>    Maybe it's just a holdover from my drag racing & SCCA
> days, but I get really nervous looking at an oil pan with
> a shallow slope.  If that diagram represents a tractor
> configuration, during steep descents, you could very easily
> find yourself with bubbles in your oil line.
>
>    If your cowl will allow it, you might consider moving
> the radiator forward a few inches and accept a gap between
> the bottom of the original oil pan and part of the ductwork.
>
> Here's a mod to your drawing that I'd feel safer with.
>
> Or, add some baffling to retard any major flow of oil "up"
> the slope.
>
> Dale R.
>
>>
>> From: Jerry Hey <jerryhey@earthlink.net>
>> Date: 2005/06/05 Sun AM 11:32:09 EDT
>> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>> Subject: [FlyRotary] Modifying the Renesis oil pan
>>
>> After careful examination, I believe the Renesis oil pan is relatively
>> easy to modify to add capacity, place the pick up in a deep reservoir
>> of oil, and have a shape that corresponds with the wedge radiator
>> intake plenum. Basically what is being proposed is simply extending 
>> the
>> sump downward.  After removing the baffles that are bolted to the
>> inside of the stock tank and the low level sensor, the bottom of the
>> tank can be drilled as required  to form an oil air separator  and to
>> provide an opening for the modified 13B pick up.  Then the wedge sump
>> is added (welded) to the the stock pan.  The wedge sump would be .063
>> steel.   Obviously,  there is plenty of room to modify this picture
>> depending on the particular installation.  For example, if one did not
>> intend to put the rad underneath, the tank would not require the wedge
>> shape.This looks like a job most of us could do easily in our own
>> shops.  Jerry
>
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