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I agree, Bob, there is no way that apex seal could come
out of its recess without that part of the rotor being broken off. Those
small parts can be illusive, particularly when you turn the rotor upside down to
place it on the e shaft - make certain you use good Vaseline or halomire stickum
{:>).
Ed
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:24
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Emailing:
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I would say that was an assembly problem. notice how clean the
rotors are. I bet that motor never started
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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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