X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.5) with ESMTP id 904578 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:02:01 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.71; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm66aec.bellsouth.net ([65.8.2.179]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051229030116.CJGL2507.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm66aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:01:16 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.100] (really [65.8.2.179]) by ibm66aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051229030115.KVIX19353.ibm66aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.100]> for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:01:15 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-13-751787591 Message-Id: <09DDBC13-7DCD-4F18-A40C-8483F57C81B0@bellsouth.net> From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: carbon seals? Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:01:33 -0500 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) --Apple-Mail-13-751787591 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Dec 28, 2005, at 6:54 PM, wrjjrs@aol.com wrote: > Monty, > Carbon is old-speak, most are going for Tracys' ceramic seals. The > take a while to break in, but seem to last very well. Rotor housing > wear hasn't been a problem for anyone not using a 100,000 mile > motor to start with. Ed Anderson ran into some trouble with ROTOR > tip seal slot wear, check yours carefully. I defer to Tracy, Ed and > Lynn as to the corner seals, nobody I know has really worn out a > motor. (including racers in sedan classes!) > Bill Jepson > Bill, Tracy's seals are not ceramic. They are made from a super secret Unobtainium metal:) Buly --Apple-Mail-13-751787591 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Dec 28, 2005, = at 6:54 PM, wrjjrs@aol.com = wrote:

Monty,
Carbon is = old-speak, most are going for Tracys' ceramic seals. The take a while to = break=A0in, but seem to last very well.=A0Rotor housing wear hasn't been = a problem for anyone not using a 100,000 mile motor to start with. Ed = Anderson ran into some trouble with=A0ROTOR tip seal slot wear, check = yours carefully. I defer to Tracy,=A0Ed and Lynn as to the corner seals, = nobody I know has really worn out a motor. (including racers in sedan = classes!)
Bill Jepson=A0=A0