X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.219.56.245] (HELO mail.qnsi.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c1) with ESMTP id 3960003 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:02:22 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.219.56.245; envelope-from=bhughes@qnsi.net Return-Receipt-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CA5F4E.D2E1FC16" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Disposition-Notification-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:05:47 -0600 Message-ID: <74120FDE88CAFE4DBDA8814BCE20A3F315EE7D@qnsi-mail.qnsi.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Thread-Index: AcpfSS3X009I7aKGQ/+8zcEWUTBDFAABSKQg References: From: "Bobby J. Hughes" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA5F4E.D2E1FC16 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Lynn. What's your opinion with the 56-60 psi range I see in flight? Seems low compared to others. =20 Bobby ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Lehanover@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 7:16 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure In a message dated 11/6/2009 8:02:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bhughes@qnsi.net writes: =09 Yep. Bruce T made the modification at my request.=20 =20 Thanks Kelly. =20 =20 Bobby Nothing to worry about. 10 pounds is plenty at idle. The balls close off cooling oil to the rotors at idle. The oil volume at idle is too low to maintain pressure with the two jets left open. It has no effect other than cooler rotors. =20 And it makes you think there is a problem when none exists.=20 =20 Lynn E. Hanover=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA5F4E.D2E1FC16 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks = Lynn. What's your=20 opinion with the 56-60 psi range I see in flight? Seems low compared to=20 others.

Bobby

From: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of=20 Lehanover@aol.com
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 7:16=20 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: = [FlyRotary] Re:=20 Oil Pressure

In a message dated 11/6/2009 8:02:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 bhughes@qnsi.net writes:

Yep. Bruce T made the modification at my=20 request.

Thanks Kelly. =

Bobby

Nothing to worry about. 10 pounds is plenty at idle. The balls = close off=20 cooling oil to the rotors at idle. The oil volume at idle is too low to = maintain=20 pressure with the two jets left open. It has no effect other than = cooler=20 rotors.

And it makes you think there is a problem when none exists. =

Lynn E. Hanover

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