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In the power range we need, they are getting awewfully heavy.

But maybe for your single-rotor one out of some cvt- ecobox might be right!

An fixedpitch-c/s-prop-drive :))

Thomas Jakits

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

From: Russell Duffy

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:50 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] CVT (continuously variable transmission)

Greetings,

Here's a neat article on CVT's- http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm (At least skip to page 4 and 6 for the animated pictures if you've wondered how these work.)

Has anyone heard of any research toward using these for PSRU's? I have no idea how heavy they are, or if they could be dumbed down from the factory computers, or if they could be made to survive. Sure would be a nice option if they could work.

Rusty