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Chrissi,
Could you guys give us an update on parts
you are manufacturing for the rotary install? I am particularly wondering
about the PSRU that Tracy
used to make, as well as the engine mount plate for the 13B, 20B, and Renesis.
Are you guys still making all these items?
Bill
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 8:46
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To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Method of
adding oil to fuel
What about the plastic squeeze bottles
used in restaurants for condiments?
Chrissi
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From: William Jepson <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Fri, May 22, 2015 12:15 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Method of adding oil to fuel
Bill, all the guys doing fiberglass
planes should have some metered pumps. Don't know how big the "shot"
is but they might work.
On May 21, 2015 4:06 PM, "Bill
Bradburry" < flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
The syringe is along the kind of ideas I
was thinking of. I was thinking of perhaps a pump that put out a measured
dose that you could insert into your oil container with a hose on the outlet so
that you could pump in however many squirts you needed. You should be
able to pump out of the gallon container you buy the oil in. You could
then cap the hose so that it didn’t leak. I also like that 12 pack cooler
that Bobby mentioned as well to help keep this messy stuff organized.
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
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Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:57
AM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Method of
adding oil to fuel
Forgetting about the small risk of
failure of the OMP (which does happen), in the Renesis engines manufactured
until, I believe 2004, the ports squirting the oil into the trochoids were
insufficient (there were only 2 per rotor) and they had multiple problems, so
much so that Mazda, I am told, built a factory just to rebuild the Renesis' at
no cost to the owners. If you have a pre-2005 renesis with 2 injection ports
per rotor don't even consider the OMP. If you want to consider the OMP, that is
a decision with pros and cons on each side which I will not go into.
One way of mixing the fuel and oil is to
get a large cappable poly syringe or syringes . Fill it (them) with 2
stroke oil and while adding fuel, inject the appropriate amount as the fuel is
flowing. They used to do this with a product called Prist for Turbine engines.
(although they used aerosol cans with a tube which attached to the filler
nozzle.)
If you know that you are going to put 10
gal in your tank, when you start fueling, squirt the stuff in in the beginning
when you start to add your fuel. Since the 2 stroke is or supposed to
be miscible with fuel, adding it this way especially with the
initial agitation of filling, despite the baffles, it should evenly
distribute. If you want, you can rock the wings. Remember, the baffles are not
continuous and have relief ports at the bottom of each.
One question that I have about any of the
2 stroke oil bulk adding is is there a difference between the brands on their
misciblity?
I used to pre-mix my oil & gas
back when I was running auto gas (non-ethanol), pumping into a fuel
trailer at the nearby gas station. I would pour the required amount of
2-stroke oil into the trailer tank, then add fuel. By the time I
was back at the airport it was well mixed. After they started
blending all mogas with ethanol, I was forced to go to 100LL as my wing's
adhesives are incompatible with alcohol. My wings have a series of
baffles, so adequate mixing became a problem. So, I switched to the
oil metering pump (OMP), using Richard Sohn's OMP adapter and drawing from an
auxiliary tank mounted on the firewall. Now, I just have to remember to
keep the oil tank full. I often add a small amount of 2-stroke when
filling the tanks, but that is probably overkill.
It is my belief that the OMP puts the oil
exactly where it needs to be, directly on the apex seals rather than mixing in
with the fuel only to be burned up and blown out the exhaust, most of it never
reaching the apex seals. (Probably a topic for future discussion.)
Anyway, I'm happy with the OMP approach. It is a very simple pump and has
proven effective in millions of RX-7's and RX-8's. The one modification I
made was to fabricate steel oil lines to replace the plastic lines.
I decided to add oil to the fuel as I do
the fill up back when I was building. That was not a problem for a long
time because I was buying fuel in a couple of 55 gal drums and hauling them on
a trailer. I would add the oil to the drum before I left the hangar to go
to the gas station and then just fill the drums.
The first time that I tried to do this at
an airport, it turned out to be a PITA! The wind was blowing and it
was cold and the oil was stringing out all over me and the wing. Quite a
mess!
This makes me start to think of how can I
measure and add this oil in a neat clean and easy way. Now I know I am
not the first guy to try and gas up on a windy day so has anybody figured out
how to do this in a cute way?
I discovered a long time ago that the best
inventions I can come up with come off this list. How do you guys do
this?
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