X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au ([210.50.76.196] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1007335 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:51:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=210.50.76.196; envelope-from=daval@iprimus.com.au Received: from [192.168.1.8] (211.26.28.186) by smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au (7.2.060.1) id 42A0B1C100531B01 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:50:24 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-21--772900343 Message-Id: <5353fa24de3ddd9ae47b315ae6420460@iprimus.com.au> From: david mccandless Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Rotor Volume Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:50:20 +0800 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) --Apple-Mail-21--772900343 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 20/06/2005, at 6:23 PM, George Lendich wrote: > Chaps, > I have just completed an interesting experiment with the volume of a=20= > couple of different rotors. > =A0 > The RX8 rotor does in fact hold more oil than it's predecessors, as=20 > one expects from the Mazda blurb - between=A0an old rotor( sorry don't=20= > know what it is) and the RX8 rotor, there is a=A05.26 oz difference > Hi George, so what is the volume, or better, the mass of the oil=20 > carried in the rotor for balance purposes? BR, Dave McC= --Apple-Mail-21--772900343 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 20/06/2005, at 6:23 PM, George Lendich wrote: = ArialChaps, ArialI have just completed an interesting experiment with the volume of a couple of different = rotors. =A0 ArialThe RX8 rotor does in fact hold more oil than it's predecessors, as one expects from the Mazda blurb - between=A0an old rotor( sorry don't know what it is) and the RX8 rotor, there is a=A05.26 oz difference Hi George, so what is the volume, or better, the mass of the oil carried in the rotor for balance purposes? BR, Dave McC= --Apple-Mail-21--772900343--