Return-Path: Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b1) with ESMTP id 3148715 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:56:50 -0400 Received: from bellsouth.net ([65.2.35.34]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040406135650.ZFJL1781.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:56:50 -0400 Message-ID: <4072B717.1030800@bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:56:39 -0400 From: Mike Robert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040316 X-Accept-Language: rs1_8c2eb0c25e0, rs2_9445a8a11fc, rs3_06216efd7e MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Mazda TB (was: idle speeds) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dale Rogers wrote: > Hi All, > > What I'm looking for is more information about the upper > butterfly assembly in the secondary path. It appears to be > a delay mechanism to keep the secondaries from effectively > opening during low speed WOT conditions. Can I safety remove > it? It seems as though it's not buying me anything in an > aviation environment. Those secondary butterflies were there in the auto app to prevent secondary usage until the engine was up to operating temp. > > Thanks, > Dale R. > COZY MkIV-R #1254 > -Mike