X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [208.145.81.85] (HELO mail.link77.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTPS id 610844 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:34:27 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.145.81.85; envelope-from=ralph_reed@sil.org X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Clamd http://raeinternet.com/mpp Received: from [200.66.166.147] (account ralph_reed@sil.org HELO DJ2B2561) by mail.link77.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 79245891 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:33:39 -0400 Message-ID: <01ba01c58e33$7bca29d0$93a642c8@DJ2B2561> From: "Ralph Reed" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 13b crankshaft Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:33:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01B5_01C58E09.8DD69F70" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01B5_01C58E09.8DD69F70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does that mean that rotors 1 and 2 are farther apart than 2 and 3? What fixes the two together? Are there no 20B cranks that are all one = piece? Why?=20 What is the smallest diameter of the shaft on either one and how much = over built is it?=20 Could the 13B be hollow and strong enough?=20 Thanks, Ralph=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark R Steitle=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 13b crankshaft=20 Ralph, The 20B utilizes a split shaft design. The #1 stub-shaft slips over = the snout of the 2-3 journal. There is a 3rd main bearing between the = #1 & #2 rotor. =20 =20 Mark =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_01B5_01C58E09.8DD69F70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Does that mean that rotors 1 and 2 are = farther=20 apart than 2 and 3?
 
What fixes the two together?  Are = there no 20B=20 cranks that are all one piece? Why?
 
What is the smallest diameter of the = shaft on=20 either one and how much over built is it?
 
Could the 13B  be hollow and = strong enough?=20
 
Thanks, Ralph
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From:=20 Mark R Steitle =
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 = 3:20=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 13b = crankshaft=20

Ralph,

The 20B = utilizes a=20 split shaft design.  The #1 stub-shaft slips over the snout of = the 2-3=20 journal.  There is a 3rd main bearing between the #1 & #2=20 rotor. 

 

Mark

 

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