Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.1) with ESMTP id 999985 for rob@logan.com; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 07:21:13 -0500 Received: from orngca-mls02.socal.rr.com ([66.75.160.17]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:45:49 -0500 Received: from walter (bak-24-161-199-34.bak.rr.com [24.161.199.34]) by orngca-mls02.socal.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBV6jVW07144; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:45:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <071b01c191c7$985c74c0$22c7a118@bak.rr.com> From: "Walter Dodson" To: "George Braly" , "LancairList" Subject: BMEP Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:51:37 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> George, As an old school A&P can you tell me why the recip transports usually had a BMEP guage which was given its (oil press) signal from the torque nose of the (HamStandard) prop? If it is true BMEP is a mathematical construct, and it is, how and with what error was the Tq given as BMEP? Is it just a piston era relic? Do modern turbine Tq guages have any intrinsic misleading error? Thanks, Walter Dodson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>