X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.103] (HELO ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 731538 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:40:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.103; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.253] (cpe-066-057-036-199.nc.res.rr.com [66.57.36.199]) by ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j8O1dM1u018253 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:39:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4334AE44.8050707@nc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:39:16 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Optimal GPM water pump flow. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine David Staten wrote: > > My understanding is that this would be a direct drive unit, not a belt > driven unit, even though what is seen in the catalogue is primarily > belt driven units. Their web page has changed significantly in the > past month, and their original web page discussed combination alt and > wp units combined into one. Direct drive means that the drive shaft of > the alternator/wp is directly affixed to the front pully hub on the > e-shaft, so a "belt failure" would not result in an electrical and > cooling failure as well (provided any belt fragments were contained). > > I have a call in to them as of right now (1320 CDT) to discuss > specifics and make an order. I will share with the group as this unfolds. > Dave, I was wondering how this turned out. -- This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."