Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #25203
From: David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] RD-1B failure
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:27:44 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Tracy,
 
Here is a pic of my sun gear.  It looks to me like the drill and pin version but I hope I am wrong.  The pin seems to have broken off in shear as I can rotate the 2 parts with my hands.  No external signs of damage however.  At least now we know the weak link in the the drive.
 
Tomorrow I plan to send off my EC2 and this sun gear, but not the rest of the redrive as all seems in order there.
 
Please keep im mind that the Computer B started working normally again before I removed it so this is one of those intermittant problems.  However, there problem was sustained and reproducable over several engine starts and at least 10 switches between computers A and B.    Computer A always worked just fine.
 
Anyway, do you see any reason why you would want me to ship the rest of the drive?

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Dave Leonard
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