Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #30883
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Rotary installed weight comparison
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:20:42 -0800
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Hi Hennie,

 There are as many ways to specify engine weights as there are specifiers : )  The Bare block 13B  with water pump is 180 lb.  That is the only HARD data point that you can start with.   Only you can do the rest of the math to arrive at your engine weight.

 

Here is the detail of the weight info for my pusher 20B (265hp) installation.  The first column includes EVERYTHING (including coolant) back to the prop flange.  The right hand column is the number that is a reasonable comparison to what Lyc publishes for an IO 540.

 

Engine/Ancilliaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine

260.0

 

260

Water Pump (inc. )

 

 

 

Alternator (inc.)

 

 

 

Air Pump

0.0

 

 

Oil pan

4.5

 

4.5

Induction Sys (comp)

10.0

 

10

Exhaust Man/Muff

12.5

 

12

Sec muff/Exit pipe

3.5

 

 

Mount brackets

3.5

 

 

Coils w/bracket

4.5

 

 

Starter

7

 

 

Re-drive

43

 

43

Main mount

15.0

 

 

Radiator 1

4.5

 

4.5

Radiator 2

6.0

 

6

Aux cooling fan

0.0

(none)

 

Oil cooler

10.0

 

 

Expansion tank

0.6

 

2.5

Fuel pumps/filter

3

 

 

Lines/fittings

4.5

(Est)

 

Coolant

18.0

(Est)

18

Exhaust baffle

2.5

 

 

Misc

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Powerplant

415.6

 

355.5

 

These numbers are reasonably consistent with John’s weight of 304# for the 13B when you take off the roughly 90# for the additional rotor and the heavy center housing of the 20B; and a couple of other things he didn’t include.

 

Al

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