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Dave,

Looks a lot like the one I have !!..............Except mine is not machined yet..................<:)

Lets have installed photos also..............

Thanks,

Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)

"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold

"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo

From: David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 11:41 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fwd: Flex plate cracks

Well, I'd say that pretty well seals the fate of using flex plates. You guys all owe me a beer for finding the issue :-)

Here are some pictures of the machined flywheel that Kelly turned us on to (ACT prolite). Weight is now under 9 lbs. I think it is a good balance between weight and beefyness. Someone with better access to a CNC could make the mods quick and easy, and the mods to that start/addapter plate are pretty easy.

Here is the front side.

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David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I was moving stuff around in the hangar today& picked up my salvage yard flex
plate. Found two 3/4" cracks: down from 9 o'clock& up from 3 o'clock holes in
the pic. Plate has never flown AFAIK.

Charlie

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