X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 965943 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:09:41 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.65; envelope-from=bobperk@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm57aec.bellsouth.net ([70.149.150.19]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060203070857.PKGU11203.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm57aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 02:08:57 -0500 Received: from HpPavilion310n ([70.149.150.19]) by ibm57aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060203070856.HKBK21355.ibm57aec.bellsouth.net@HpPavilion310n> for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 02:08:56 -0500 From: "Bob Perkinson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: What about an air-cooled rotary? Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:06:50 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal http://www.connel.com/freeware/index.shtml The Free Engineering Software Website This is a good sight, just punch in the numbers and out comes the answers The Fluid Flow Calculator The Engineering Units Conversion Calculator The Saturated Steam Tables The Engineering Economics Calculator The Psychometric Calculator The Air Duct Calculator Looks like everything we need to cal calculate your fire wall forward cooling Bob Perkinson Hendersonville, TN. RV9 N658RP Reserved If nothing changes Nothing changes -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Ernest Christley Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:13 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: What about an air-cooled rotary? n7155a@cox.net wrote: >Oil Cooling duty would likely be increased with the higher metal temps. > >So who has a foundry and the investment castings…. > >mitch...back to lurker mode... > > You can buy one of these now, Mitch. Well, you might not be able to. A company is making short TBO, air-cooled rotaries to power drones for military customers. Doubt they would want to deal with you and I. I forget the name of the company. Just wonder if it would be possible to use their parts to build a 500hr TBO, air cooled rotary? This might prove an interesting read: http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/kess_mech/tools/1tools/vehicles.html -- ,|"|"|, Ernest Christley | ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder | o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org | -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/