Lynn,
If it wasn't for Kelly, with my encouragement,
as I was trying to establish the correct sizes from Australia at the time, the
correct sizes would never have been identified as, 'you know who' was
preaching his usual, 'he who is always right sermon' about the sizes. As far
as I know those sizes ( the wrong ones) are still being bandied about even
though I supplied the correct sizes to him, for the benefit of other
builders.
Kelly was the only one to get off his bum to do
something. For the life of me I don't know why it wasn't done like that in the
first place - so I whole heartedly agree on your comments.
George ( down under)
There is nothing wrong with using the very best pieces in the rotary. I
have suffered the loss of one set of oil scraper "O" rings since 1980,
and lost a weekend over it (and an engine rebuild) We had a piece of plastic
end up over the oil cooler and the driver didn't notice the needle on the oil
temp pointing at the little picture of the sun on the dial. No problem during
the race. The next weekend we towed it to Indy and fired it up to take off of
the trailer and it smoked like crazy. Nothing to do but go home. I could have
rebuilt it there but I took no parts with me. They are so reliable you know.
The "O" rings were in 1" long pieces. All of them. I have no Idea how far
past incinerate the oil temp went too, so no help there. This failure had no
effect on engine power, but oil consumption would have been substantial and in
an aircraft probably would have gone unnoticed, and all of the oil could be
lost. The "O" ring substitution story is a long one, and seems to have
ended with the pieces going to the "O" ring people for sizing last in the
story, instead of first, as should have been the case. There is a
tendency to speculate rather than go to the horses mouth on the first go
around.
Lynn E. Hanover
In a message dated 3/15/2008 6:51:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
msteitle@gmail.com writes:
Kelly,
Its good to feel like you're adding something of value to the discussion
once in a while. ;-) I'm not sure I could have gotten into the air
without the Fly Rotary list. Its been an invaluable resource to me for
many years now. As for the TES O-rings... I'm sold on them and
wouldn't hesitate to use them again if the need arises.
Mark S.
30.1 hrs
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