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This morning I managed to break Rusty's turbo. I had been cruising at 11,000 ft with MAP
38, rpm 5100 and 175 kts TAS (about 155 IAS) for almost 2 hours when rpm
suddenly dropped to 2500.
Sorry to
hear that John, though I'm obviously not surprised. I'm real impressed
with that slick bird though! Glad to hear you and the plane made it back
safely.
Have you considered a
supercharger? I wasn't going to say anything about this unless I did it,
but my rev-4 option (in the unlikely event it's needed) is one of
these: http://www.procharger.com/superchargers.shtml
Considering your current situation, I figured I'd go ahead and throw this out
for debate.
The current smallest unit is
7" diameter, 6" long, and about 15 lbs. They also have a new unit coming
out any day that's smaller, and still capable of supporting 300+ HP.
They're marketing it for Harley's. These units are self contained,
so there are no water or oil lines to hook
up.
There are some definite
advantages, and disadvantages to consider, but it's something else to think
about.
Rusty (making all the power I need with RPM's I
hope)
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