X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 64 [XX] (100%) RECEIVED: IP not found on home country list Return-Path: Received: from mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.197] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTPS id 1901824 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:38:14 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.197; envelope-from=lendich@optusnet.com.au Received: from george (d58-108-64-184.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au [58.108.64.184]) by mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id l258b76H029362 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:37:09 +1100 Message-ID: <000801c75f01$7799e990$b8406c3a@george> From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: new "project" fo Rusty Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:37:08 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C75F55.47F361E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0657-0, 12/12/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C75F55.47F361E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message Rusty, I'm hearing you loud and clear! That's exactly what I said to Bill Jepson, about the process being = expensive. He feels my suggestions on a thin steel liner is problematic = - being a mechanical engineer he's probably right, however we are still = thinking about solutions. George ( down under)=20 Having researched aluminium housing manufacture and then attempting to = make patterns for a composite ( al. with steel wear face) end housing, I = can assure you it isn't as easy as it first appears. =20 Hi George, I talked to RB at length a year ago about their housings. There were = no technical issues in the way, but they just hadn't received that much = interest in getting them done, even at "only" $1200 each. They said the = front housing was all ready to cut the prototype, and they only needed = about a month to finish it, but it had been shelved for other projects. = At the same time, they said there had been another one of those wacko = California laws passed that seriously raised the price of their flame = spraying process. They guessed it would cost $2k each for the housings = at the new price, and were going to try to find someone outside of the = state to treat them. Unless they could get the price back down, they = didn't figure on making any more, and I don't blame them. How many car = guys will pay $6k to lose about 36 lbs? I bet not many people on this = list would pay that for an airplane. =20 Cheers, Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C75F55.47F361E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
 Rusty,
I'm hearing you loud and = clear!
That's exactly what I said to Bill=20 Jepson, about the process being expensive. He feels my suggestions = on a=20 thin steel liner is problematic - being a mechanical engineer he's = probably=20 right, however we are still thinking about solutions.
George ( down under) 
Having researched aluminium = housing=20 manufacture and then attempting to make patterns for a composite ( al. = with=20 steel wear face) end housing, I can assure you it isn't as = easy as=20 it first appears.  
 
Hi George,
 
I talked to RB at length a year ago about = their=20 housings.  There were no technical issues in the way, = but they=20 just hadn't received that much interest in getting them done, even at=20 "only" $1200 each.  They said the front housing was all = ready to cut=20 the prototype, and they only needed about a month to finish it, = but it=20 had been shelved for other projects.  =
 
At the same time, they said there had been = another one of=20 those wacko California laws passed that seriously raised the = price=20 of their flame spraying process.  They guessed it would cost $2k = each for=20 the housings at the new price, and were going to try to find = someone=20 outside of the state to treat them.   Unless they could = get the=20 price back down, they didn't figure on making any more, and I don't = blame=20 them.  How many car guys will pay $6k to lose about 36 = lbs?  I=20 bet not many people on this list would pay that for an airplane.  =
 
Cheers,
Rusty 
 
 
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