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From: Saro Marcarian <sarodude@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ceramic coated rotors
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From: Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net>=0A=0A>but what is the point =
of the ceramic on the rotors?=0A=0AChris-=0A=0AThe ceramic coating is to ac=
t as a thermal barrier. =A0The more energy that stays away from your engine=
 parts goes into heating up the combustion gasses - and also help by loweri=
ng oil, water, head temps (as applicable to your application). =A0On the ro=
tary, I'd imagine the bene of a coated rotor would be lower oil temps altho=
ugh I doubt you'd be able to directly measure an increase in power or even =
exhaust gas temp.=0A=0AMy brief exposures to these things tells me that the=
y are very sensitive to how they are applied. =A0If there's a combustion fa=
ce which sees no mechanical contact wearing down in only test runs I'd be c=
urious about how the coating was applied.=0A=0A-Saro