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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@aanet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Only 16 hours
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:23:27 +1000
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Don,
To my knowledge all Renesis are 10:1, which is on the bleeding edge in 
regard to detonation with any sort of turbo.
George ( down under)

>    Yeah, I  know, only 16 hours.  Confession time.  I'm much more a 
> builder than a flier.  I'm starting to enjoy  flying the 8, but I really 
> like building!  Going out to the hanger and spending the evening, with a 
> problem in mind to solve and running solutions through my head, in 3D and 
> rotating and changing it (like a mental CAD program) and then figuring out 
> the practicalities of building it with available materials and skills or 
> searching for other materials and others who have the skill and tools.  I 
> miss waking up at 2:30 am  with a possible solution, writing it down so I 
> can go back to sleep and then trying it out the next day.  These night 
> time solutions aren't always correct, but they almost always lead me on to 
> the next step and the next, etc.  And then building the thing.  Most 
> things I built 3 times before I got it right.  When it's right it's RIGHT.
>    Then there is my personality defect.  The better is always at war with 
> the good.  Defiantly a builder thing and not a flyer thing.  It feels 
> great to be new and better and different. And that is just the outcome. 
> The process is fun too.  To bad it's a never ending cycle.  Not to mention 
> there is a former Tomcat instructor out here with a clip wing Super RV-6 
> with a dynoed 317 HP IO-540 in it, doing 3000 ft/min on climb out.  Not to 
> mention the huge C.S. club he has out front.  I'd really like to have 
> something approaching this power and have it done with finesse and 
> expertise rather than money and brute horsepower.  I'm not sure if the 
> rotors in the Renesis are 9.7 or 10.0 to 1.  My paper work from Bruce says 
> both.  I think I need to talk to him about whether the engine will handle 
> it or not.
>    This whole thing is a thought experiment.  I figure that to get the NA 
> working better I will have to build a new exhaust and intake.  Build it 
> less fancy and more like Tracy's, paying more attention to the inside 
> welding and reducing flow disturbances.    If I'm going to all that work, 
> perhaps the thing is to take it to the next level, turbo or even 20B. 
> Major advantages and disadvantages with both routes.    Anyone other there 
> have an extra Renesis 4 port lower aluminum intake manifold they want to 
> sell?
>
> Don
> N113BR
> Flying Renesis powered RV-8,
>
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