Paul,
<... as they would go through my prop ...>
You may have seen my post of a couple of weeks ago when I shed 6" or so of
exhaust pipe through my Catto prop.  Minimal damage.  Unlike Performance props
where a guy had the same thing happen and it shattered one blade, really screwed
up another and like to shook the engine out of the airplane in the second it
took him to reach over and shut it down.  Pushers are going to shed stuff
through the prop.  It's not a matter of IF - only WHEN and HOW BIG.  Be sure and
get a prop that will take the abuse.
All Hail Catto !! .... Jim S.

"sqpilot@earthlink" wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Lehanover@aol.com>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:50 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Emailing: Ed-Klepeis
>
> > In a message dated 12/21/2003 9:13:48 PM Central Standard Time,
> > sqpilot@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << Rusty....I'm glad I found someone familiar with the Borla muffler. If I
> > understand you correctly, using only a Borla muffler on my aircraft, it
> might be
> > too loud?  Thanks. Paul Conner >>
> >
> > I have a 4" Borla on my race car. It gives us 97DB at 50 feet and wide
> open
> > throttle under load. It is all stainless. It has been on the car for 4
> years. I
> > would like to point out that 97 DB is a mind shattering amount of sound
> > energy. We are limited to 103 DB.
>
> Hi, Lynn and thanks for the response.  Any idea what type of decibles the
> rotary would produce without a muffler, ie....straight pipes?  I don't know
> what the spintech muffler DB measures behind Tracy Crook's aircraft.  Still
> searching for a muffler that will stand up to the heat and pluses of a
> rotary. Since I have a pusher, I don't want things coming out of the
> muffler, as they would go through my prop. Not a nice thing.  Thanks again.
> Paul Conner
>
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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T