Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.netdoor.com ([208.137.128.155] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.4) with ESMTP-TLS id 2602023 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:50:07 -0400 Received: from netdoor.com (port923.jxn.netdoor.com [208.148.210.23]) by smtp2.netdoor.com (8.12.10/8.12.1) with ESMTP id h8OIo4RH018589 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:50:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3F71E757.6000903@netdoor.com> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:49:59 -0500 From: Charlie & Tupper England Reply-To: cengland@netdoor.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: DIE the short Answer References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.31 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Russell Duffy wrote: > We somehow have to keep the lower pressure in the manifold (at idle for > example) from sucking the rubber tubes closed. So the concept is > ..err great, err, but needs some more work on the details{:>) > > > Two words- slide trombone :-) > > Rusty (I'll just turn up the boost) > Mazda did the slide thing on the LeMans winner. Remember, car engines must produce torque over a much wider range than a/c engines. I'm looking forward to seeing a VE plot vs RPM using Ed's formulas & manifold. How much detuning is there between 5000 & 6000 RPM? Charlie