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Re: [FlyRotary] New rotors, New housings
Hi Ken,
I really, really have no interest in running for
your title, believe me! {:>). I am inclined to agree that
milling out the slot may indeed take you pass some metal hardening that lessens
the wear. While I must admit that I am still a bit skeptical about the
dust doing it to me in 150 hours, I think the rotors had been run hard when I
got them but just didn't know what to check for. But, in any case I am
going to add a filter figuring it probably won't hurt. Besides, If I
didn't add a filter and something happened again, I'd never hear the end of it
from my friend, Leon.
New rotors and housing are ordered. I figured
depending on how Jerry Hey and his PP project turns out, I might use them to
practice cutting PP port and then turn two of my good NA housings into PP
housings - down the road.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:40
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New rotors, New
housings
I would look into getting 85-85 GSELE rotors with the 3 mm seals,
you would also need the weights to match them, then machine out your rotors
for a spare engine, you may need one to bale you out in the future, if you
keep this up you may knock me off the seat as president of the dead stick
club.
I am now running rotors machined out to 3 mm seals and at about
400 hrs on them I can tell by checking through the exhaust port that the seal
grooves are getting V'ed out and getting sloppy so I am now putting another
engine together, on this one the rotors are in prime shape so I think I will
run Tracy's 2mm seals.
Also I think that the groves may be hardened and by machining the
groves out makes them softer as they shouldn't have worn out in only 400
hrs.
Ken
Well, the decision
has been made. Thanks in part to the wife's continued interest in my
warm body on cold winter nights, the decision has been made to
purchase new rotors and rotor housings. $$ but apparently I am worth
it {:>)
I looked into
milling out the slots to 3mm and that would have been the cheaper approach -
but cheap approach is probably partly responsible for me being in this
situation - so going to try a different approach this time. Besides
leery of using a rotor which clearly has been subjected to sufficient loads
to scrape metal off its surface and peen over apex slot.
In the process of
getting quotes.
Ed
Ed
Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
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