From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: water pressure
To: flyrotary
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:38:55 -0500
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Posted for "Peter Cowan" <cowcam@pipcom.com>:


> The conventional auto system has the relief cap on the radiator. The
system
> is in hydraulic lock when the radiator is full. When the engine heats the
...snip...
> The problem is that the rotary has the water pump mounted high on the
block.
> The rotary is easy to damage with a small amount of air trapped in the
> coolant system. If large enough slug of air gets to the pump, it stops
> pumping. Very bad news. The piston engine systems have the pumps well
...snip...

Thanks for the explanation, Lynn. Does the line from the propane bottle
swirl pot to the RX2-3 bottle have to have constant up slope?  So would you
say that the RX2-3 bottle is like a header tank that some people use? I do
now see that this system provides a more automatic removal of trapped air
than what I have.
Peter