EXACTLY!!!!
What was I thinking revving it up to 6000 rpm's to see if I can break it WHILE ON THE GROUND! Guess I should wait 'till I am in the air, that way I can really test it and perhaps get my glider rating...Ed may become annoyed if I challenge him for the trophy <yikes> (Actually, I am a bettin' Ed does not want anyone else to have to learn to glide.)
Oh, btw, it did NOT break it THIS time.....
All the best,
Chris
Cpl. Christopher Barber, JD
Badge 330
Bellaire Police Department
5110 Jessamine
Bellaire, Texas 77401
713-668-0487
713-662-8289 fax
CBarber@BellairePolice.com
"Well, you know the problem with the rotary is......hot exhaust.....and you know about the apex seals, don't cha". Do you really want to rev the engine up that much, your crank shaft may not be able to take it with a load Also, that is not the best prop". "Your engine should not be surging that way"
I do enjoy being told about rotaries.
He was right about the excessive RPM. Real racers turn up sprint racing side port engines barely over 10,000 RPM. My bridgeported engines shift at 9,600 RPM. Periphery port short race engines shift at 10,700 and long race peripherys a more modest 10,300 RPM. The crazy drag racers do 12,000 RPM.
So you shoudn't rev yours very high.either. You might get it hot or hurt those pesky apex seals.
Lynn E. Hanover
Rotary engines since 1980.
Note the header color during the power runs.