X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.204] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1023473 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:07:38 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.204; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r1.7.) id q.12c.60aa883d (4012) for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:06:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <12c.60aa883d.2ff19a38@aol.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:06:48 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Air cushion To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1119895608" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5012 -------------------------------1119895608 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/27/2005 11:55:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, atlasyts@bellsouth.net writes: Boats have accumulators in their fresh water systems to prevent the pressure switch on the pump from cycling. It is basicaly a metal container with opening on the bottom connected to the pressure side. The air can never be purged and acts as a spring to smooth out the pressure pulses. Buly It is an accumulator. Used in thousands of hydraulic systems. The RX-2 and RX-3 had this setup. I use it on the race car since the 80s. I use an RX-2 bottle, but many different bottles will work fine. You put the bottle abiout 1/3 full of coolant, and run the engine through a few heat cycles. The tank will be empty of coolant and the engine will be empty of air. I have a shrader valve in my bottle, so I can charge the bottle to the cap reliefe pressure before I start the engine. The bottle can be anywhere. Mine is on the floor of the car with 4 feet of hose to connect to the top of the radiator. The pressure cap on the radiator has no guts in it. Works great. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1119895608 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 6/27/2005 11:55:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20 atlasyts@bellsouth.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DVerdana color=3D#000000 siz= e=3D2>Boats h= ave=20 accumulators in their fresh water systems to prevent the pressure switch o= n=20 the pump from cycling. It is basicaly a metal container with opening on th= e=20 bottom connected to the pressure side. The air can never be purged and act= s as=20 a spring to smooth out the pressure pulses.
Buly=20

It is an accumulator.

Used in thousands of hydraulic systems.

The RX-2 and RX-3 had this setup. I use it on the race car since the 80= s. I=20 use an RX-2 bottle, but many different bottles will work fine.

You put the bottle abiout 1/3 full of coolant, and run the engine=20 through a few heat cycles. The tank will be empty of coolant and the engine=20= will=20 be empty of air.

I have a shrader valve in my bottle, so I can charge the bottle to the=20= cap=20 reliefe pressure before I start the engine.

The bottle can be anywhere. Mine is on the floor of the car with 4 feet= of=20 hose to connect to the top of the radiator. The pressure cap on the radiator= has=20 no guts in it.

Works great.

Lynn E. Hanover

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