X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.72] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1001546 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:08:53 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.72; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm68aec.bellsouth.net ([67.32.133.236]) by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050614140808.QQTQ26489.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm68aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:08:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.102] (really [67.32.133.236]) by ibm68aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050614140808.NYJB29052.ibm68aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.2.102]> for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:08:08 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:08:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Manifold Thoughts - 6 to 4 ports From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > That's a seems like a little bit more of a R&D program than I want to > take on right now, George (and I'm fully aware that the difficulty may > be more perception than reality). I'm confident that I can handle a > porting job, as I've had to do a lot of metal 'sculpturing' to fit all > these tubes together. Now, it's just a question of what to cut away for me. > > I believe the same thing is said about a PP that is said about what I > think I'd like to do...rough idle and no low-end power. Am I correct > that the solution is short runners with a closely fitted throttle? I'm already thinking of a PP engine. By the looks of it from PL's tests it makes about the same power as turbo, without the weight and more simple? I don't know how it will compare at altitude? Buly