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OK maybe next year.
RB
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:42 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flexplate
Fix
Tracy,
Any chance we might see you at Oshkosh with
your new RV8?
Robert B
Wish it were so because it sounds like
a lot of interesting stuff at Osh this year and the -8 is finally ready for a
long flight. But alas, there are too many irons in the fire to leave.
Such is the price of goofing off for a month in Colorado. Give us
all a report on the best of Osh when you get back.
Tracy
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On Jul 24, 2011, at 7:53 AM, "Rob" < rob@mum.edu> wrote:
Tracy,
Any chance we might see you at Oshkosh with
your new RV8?
Robert B
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 9:20
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flexplate
Fix
"I am looking forward to a little more weight on the
flywheel. I am hoping that it will further smooth out my
idle.
Dave Leonard"
The heavier flywheel should
help but there is more to it than that.
I was contracted to provide
ECUs for the Itec Maverick, a powered parachute / car.
I
recently learned a lot about idle requirements on engines without a
propeller load when I visited their factory to work out tuning for the
engine without a prop load (in ground mode).
Been working on a
new idle control strategy for the EC2/3 that I think will greatly improve
the minimum idle speed and smoothness of the engine at low RPM.
Because it wasn't really needed in the past, I did not have a
separate idle strategy in the EC3. I'll report more when it's
all worked out.
BTW, this is the first flying car I've seen that
kicks ass on the ground!
Tracy
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:50 PM, David Leonard
<wdleonard@gmail.com>
wrote:
I the the idea of the RX8 plate being thicker may be a
mis-nomer. Someone reported the 13B plate as 0.065, but I measure
mine at 0.08. That is about the same reported thickness as theRX8
plate.
That being said, the renisis plate is shaped better
(more conical), and does not have the nasty lightning holes that exist
in the 13B plate, so it would still clearly be an improvement. If
Tracy changed his damper plate a little, it would be the easiest,
lightest, and generally cheapest fix. Given that the 13B plate has
held up for a lot of hours in a lot of aircraft, it may very well be
sufficient.
I am looking forward to a little more weight on the
flywheel. I am hoping that it will further smooth out my
idle.
Dave Leonard
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Mark Steitle
<msteitle@gmail.com>
wrote:
Kelly,
Its on hold waiting to hear how the flywheel fix works out.
While heavier by a few pounds, I feel that it is the most
durable of any of the solutions discussed to date.
Also, I really liked the idea of Tracy coming up with a way to
use the thicker RX-8 flexplate. Whatever we work out, for
insurance reasons, it ought to be "blessed" by Tracy as the official
RWS upgrade.
Mark
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Kelly Troyer
<keltro@att.net>
wrote:
Mark,
Been bugging Dave now how is your flexplate fix
going ??...........
Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_
Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil
Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50
Turbo --
David
Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net
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