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Hi Mick

Welcome aboard. Very interested in the mod to your turbo. Several of us are interested, just have not found anyone who has had the modification made. Ian Beadle
E-mail Address(es):
ianb@ozzienet.net

had a RV-6A flying with a rotary and doing well. Unfortunately, he had a mishap on an urgent landing and bent the aircraft a bit, but fortunately no damage to Ian. Have not heard from him since, hopefully he is busy reparing the damage.

Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC

----- Original Message -----

From: Michael Haynes

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:20 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] water pump

Hi All

I've been lurking in the back ground for a few months now, and I must congratulate you all. Its good to see so many like minded people sharing experience. At the moment I have been working on my 13B turbo S5, finally starting to look like something from an aircraft. I'm building an RV7 QB it should be shipped from vans early next month. I'm an aircraft sheetie with Qantas airlines down here in OZ, so progress on empenage was quick, (2 weeks to complete ). Having my manifold welded at the moment, water pump next witch leeds me to my question that I hope someone can answer. The gallery that connects the inlet and outlet inside the water pump casting just below the thermostat, should this be blocked if not running a thermostat. I could be wrong and probably are but with this open wouldn't the water take the route of least resistance and recirculate back through the engine. By the way I work just a few minutes from ATS Turbonetics and will be taking to them soon to mod the turbo so ill let you know what they say.

Cheers.

Mick. ( go for gold aussies)