X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2698186 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:25:36 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.6; envelope-from=BMears9413@aol.com Received: from BMears9413@aol.com by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.d33.22120fd8 (37140) for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:24:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from Webmail-mg02 (webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com [64.12.142.150]) by cia-ma03.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA032-9114479f3731110; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:24:49 -0500 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Emailing: damage24.jpg Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:24:49 -0500 X-AOL-IP: 65.182.71.8 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: bmears9413@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CA3099D73ED500_EA0_70F_Webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 34032-STANDARD Received: from 65.182.71.8 by Webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com (64.12.142.150) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:24:49 -0500 Message-Id: <8CA3099D73ED500-EA0-386@Webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8CA3099D73ED500_EA0_70F_Webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I would say that was an assembly problem. notice how clean the rotors are. I bet that motor never started -----Original Message----- From: Ed Anderson To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 7:47 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Emailing: damage24.jpg I thought when I had the small triangular part of the apex seal caught between rotor and housing was a very rare and unusal failure mode.? But, apparently there are more dramatic ones - here is a photo of one with the corner seal embedded in the face of the rotor - How did it get there?? Impressive!? Yes, the rotor housing that shoved it into the rotor was trashed as well. ? Ed ? Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html [Image Removed] ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ----------MB_8CA3099D73ED500_EA0_70F_Webmail-mg02.sim.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I would say that was an assembly problem. notice how clean the rotors are. I bet that motor never started


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 7:47 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Emailing: damage24.jpg

I thought when I had the small triangular part of the apex seal caught between rotor and housing was a very rare and unusal failure mode.  But, apparently there are more dramatic ones - here is a photo of one with the corner seal embedded in the face of the rotor - How did it get there??
Impressive!  Yes, the rotor housing that shoved it into the rotor was trashed as well.
 
Ed
 


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