X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-ew0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTPS id 5048364 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:23:38 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.215.52; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1318905ewy.25 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:23:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=2FhQ9abMAEla5KDX1VibMg7W+g4/ELCdVHtsIQ8qTkg=; b=YIJ23IzMKd/AJHI2JqxPtD1mFmsZlQVQ5hzhEbc/V9xh1pjIf9i/B9zjZ1J21E0ugs tXwDfKqa6XBTaZVdbp/291xVbL+TQYb/SfuU5ylMhoE4I+y9IeuihSbu3jLi3+EVIAcd KUeanlj9OLABf4SVv2udm1OfDqPtSO44+fThM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.7.20 with SMTP id b20mr1077688ebb.70.1310397780349; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:23:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.27.208 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:23:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <88F1789A80894B269E00E7587D13A68F@BigAl> References: <88F1789A80894B269E00E7587D13A68F@BigAl> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:23:00 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: RD-1B failure From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c1a2436553704a7ccc264 --0015174c1a2436553704a7ccc264 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Al Gietzen Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:17 AM Subject: RD-1B failure To: Dave Leonard Hi; Dave, I=92m very thankful to hear that this occurred after landing. I=92ve been unable to post on the rotary engine list for months due to blocking by Cox. Perhaps you=92d post this message on my behalf: ---The shear pin on the sun gear is the most likely candidate since it was sized for a normally aspirated 13B. After the failure on Marks 20B, I hav= e changed the pin diameter Tracy; Doesn=92t this suggest that all 20B and 13B turbo should be upgraded to the larger pin? When was the failure on Mark=92s 20B? Al --- --0015174c1a2436553704a7ccc264 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@c= ox.net>
Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Subject: RD-= 1B failure
To: Dave Leonard <wdleonard@gmail= .com>


Hi; Dave,

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I=92m very thankful to hear that this = occurred after landing.

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I=92ve been unable to post on the rota= ry engine list for months due to blocking by Cox.=A0 Perhaps you=92d post this message on = my behalf:

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---The shear pin on the sun gear is the most likely = candidate since it was sized for a normally aspirated 13B. =A0 After the failure on Marks 20B, I have changed the pin diameter

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Tracy;

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Doesn=92t = this suggest that all 20B and 13B turbo should be upgraded to the larger pin? When was the failure on Mark=92s 20B?

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Al<= /font>

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