X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTPS id 4182661 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:52:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.110; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110]) with mapi; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:52:03 -0700 From: Jeff Whaley To: Rotary motors in aircraft Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:52:35 -0700 Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral installation Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral installation Thread-Index: AcrPZlcKR/YcZKb/S9WEiMHDReEXsAACT8pA Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E01794478D1F6EXVMBX0035e_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E01794478D1F6EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Steve, it doesn't really show the oil pan connection clearly ... one dra= wing on the Mistral website shows the return point to be almost 1/3 of the = way down from top of oil pan ... I thought this was too low and therefore u= sed the oil metering pump connection on the front aluminum housing, well ab= ove the top of the oil pan, but this requires relatively long oil return li= nes in my installation. Is the Mistral return point above the oil full level of the oil pan? I would consider welding or brazing a fitting near top of oil pan to shorte= n the return path if location to oil level is not so critical. Jeff From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Beh= alf Of Steve Thomas Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:35 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral installation You can see it in the picture. Slightly aft and down from that black plate= cover on the PSRU is the oil return line. Mistral found that the size of = that line was too small and has since retrofitted it with a much larger lin= e. The line goes directly back to the oil pan. Best Regards, Steve Thomas _______________________________________________________ On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jeff Whaley wrote: Wow, very nice Steve. Of interest I'd like to see/know where the oil-return line from the PSRU co= nnects back to the engine. Jeff This message, and the documents attached hereto, is intended only for the a= ddressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any unauth= orized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message= in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal= records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E01794478D1F6EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Steve, it doesn’t really show the oil pan connectio= n clearly … one drawing on the Mistral website shows the return point= to be almost 1/3 of the way down from top of oil pan … I thought this was too low and therefore used = the oil metering pump connection on the front aluminum housing, well above = the top of the oil pan, but this requires relatively long oil return lines = in my installation.

Is the Mistral return point above the oil full level of the = oil pan?

I would consider welding or brazing a fitting near top of oi= l pan to shorten the return path if location to oil level is not so critica= l.

Jeff

From: Rotary m= otors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Steve Thomas
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:35 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral installation

You can see it in the picture. Slightly aft an= d down from that black plate cover on the PSRU is the oil return line. &nbs= p;Mistral found that the size of that line was too small and has since retr= ofitted it with a much larger line. The line goes directly back to the oil pan.

Best Regards,

Steve Thomas

_____= __________________________________________________

On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jeff Whaley wrote:

Wow, very nice Steve.

Of interest I’d like to see/know where the oil-return = line from the PSRU connects back to the engine.

Jeff

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