Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 608997 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:34:09 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.116; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.57 ([204.127.135.57]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <200501161633281120080jfve>; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:33:38 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.103] by 204.127.135.57; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:33:27 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] 3 Rotor Balancing Stuff Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:33:27 +0000 Message-Id: <011620051633.4985.41EA9756000B6ACD000013792160376316019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 18 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4985_1105893207_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4985_1105893207_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Leon, How are rotors kept in place on shaft and are they indexed relative to each other as they are in a running engine ? -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from "Leon" : -------------- > Here's another couple of pix to show a 3 rotor being balanced. Notice the > Mallory Metal added to the front counterweight to shift the balance axis. > The factory front counterweight was originally drilled off centre by the > factory due to the rotors not all being the same weight. During balancing, > all the rotors were reduced back to the same dynamic weight as the lightest. > Then put on the shaft. > > Cheers, > > Leon --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4985_1105893207_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Leon,
   How are rotors kept in place on shaft and are they indexed
relative to each other as they are in a running engine ?
--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2




-------------- Original message from "Leon" <peon@pacific.net.au>: --------------


> Here's another couple of pix to show a 3 rotor being balanced. Notice the
> Mallory Metal added to the front counterweight to shift the balance axis.
> The factory front counterweight was originally drilled off centre by the
> factory due to the rotors not all being the same weight. During balancing,
> all the rotors were reduced back to the same dynamic weight as the lightest.
> Then put on the shaft.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leon
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