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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: combined starter alternator
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:21:36 +1000
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John,
What is a Bendix mesh?
George ( down under)

> Back in the 1930s, I believe it was Dodge that manufactured a car where 
> the starter was also the generator. It must not have had a bendix to mesh 
> with the flywheel because it was said to be very quiet when it started
>                                   John
>
>
> --- On Tue, 6/3/08, George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> From: George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
>> Subject: [FlyRotary] combined starter alternator
>> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 3:28 PM
>> Directed to the electronic wiz types.
>>
>> This is not a development issue but an educational issue as
>> I would like to understand the issues associated with
>> developing a starter alternator.
>>
>> Personally I believe a combined starter, alternator,
>> flywheel, damper, timing wheel and pick up would be a great
>> advantage (we live to dream).
>> Some systems use the combined starter alternator attached
>> to the gear box shaft just, between the motor and the
>> gearbox fluid damper.
>>
>> I believe from talking to Bill Jepson that getting
>> sufficient power from the current winding used is
>> problematic but that there had been major improvements in
>> this field. Also reading a little on the Internet ( if I
>> understand it correctly) an alternator is AC ( alternating
>> current) and a generator is DC. As Batteries are DC and
>> starters are DC, we would need to use a DC generator
>> winding in the starter generator (someone tell if I'm
>> wrong here).
>>
>> Of course nothing is as simple as this, so I'm keen to
>> understand the issues associated - from anyone out there in
>> the electronics world!?
>> George (down under).
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