X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 620511 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:45:46 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.68; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm62aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050731144501.HCFL3114.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm62aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:45:01 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm62aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050731144501.IGHH12809.ibm62aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:45:01 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: complete loss of coolant? Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 09:45:01 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c595de$6e5bb770$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C595B4.8587F960" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C595B4.8587F960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim flew his for approx 10 minutes to an airport and then had to make a go-a-round when a non-radio equipped aircraft took off as he was = preparing to land. Landed successfully. Next morning when He discovered that = when he went to replenish the lost coolant that the engine leaked like a sieve. = All the coolant "O" rings (and anything else rubber) was shot. =20 =20 =20 Hi Ed, =20 I remember reading about Jim's belt loss, and probably even have it in = the old archives somewhere. IIRC, Tracy also had a coolant issue once, but = I can't recall exactly how he ended up low (leaked, boiled, ??). =20 =20 While this all sounds promising, I just realized that I'm planning to = have an oil/water heat exchanger on the single rotor, so losing water, or = water flow is going to heat the oil as well. Might better go ahead and = install that second EWP, especially since it's only a couple lbs. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (porting done, drilling, tapping, grinding later)=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C595B4.8587F960 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Jim flew his for approx 10 minutes to an airport = and then=20 had to make a go-a-round when a non-radio equipped aircraft took off as = he was=20 preparing to land.  Landed successfully.  Next morning when He = discovered that when he went to replenish the lost coolant that the = engine=20 leaked like a sieve.  All the coolant "O" rings (and anything else = rubber)=20 was shot. 
 
 
Hi=20 Ed,
 
I remember=20 reading about Jim's belt loss, and probably even have it in the old = archives=20 somewhere.  IIRC, Tracy also had a coolant = issue once, but I=20 can't recall exactly how he ended up low (leaked, boiled,=20 ??).  
 
While this=20 all sounds promising, I just realized that I'm planning to have an=20 oil/water heat exchanger on the single rotor, so losing water, or water = flow is=20 going to heat the oil as well.  Might better go ahead and = install that=20 second EWP, especially since it's only=20 a couple lbs.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty=20 (porting done, drilling, tapping, grinding=20 later) 
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