Return-Path: Received: from [65.54.169.121] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3076760 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:42:34 -0500 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:42:34 -0800 Received: from 67.24.246.237 by bay3-dav91.bay3.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 04:42:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [67.24.246.237] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re:Nothing ever goes Smoothly! Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:42:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C4088B.AF14AA60" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Mar 2004 04:42:34.0431 (UTC) FILETIME=[9A50DCF0:01C408B5] ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C4088B.AF14AA60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In spite of all the glitches it is good to hear of all the progress on ro= tary projects. Snags being the norm, mine are no exceptions. =20 The Renesis transplant was going smoothly after a rocky start (see websit= e for details) but I was hoping to do some minor mods to my old intake ma= nifold and stick it on the Renesis. No Go, the secondary ports are signi= ficantly wider spaced and bolt pattern is way different. So, since the = new manifold is probably not going to happen until after Sun 'n Fun I sta= rted on Plan B which was to put a 2.85 : 1 RD-1C drive on my current 2nd= gen engine along with the new prop I got from Performance prop. =20 Got the drive swapped out today (the B drive still looks perfect inside a= fter ~ 500 hours) but things went down hill fast. New prop is Right hand= so the cutouts in the spinner & bulkheads were wrong (duh, should have s= een that one). Had a new spinner on hand that I was going to put on the = -4 (the existing one has a slight wobble) so started trimming it for the = new prop. Then did a trial fit and found that the prop bolts are too sho= rt. New prop has a monster 88" pitch that required a thicker hub. It is= also lots longer (74"). Ordered new prop bolts. Will spend the next fe= w days tweaking my cooling system ducts to improve the cooling enough to = handle the increased power I hope the engine will make at 6800 rpm which = is what I am guessing it will turn with the C drive & big stick. It would have been a cinch to make the 220 mph mark to collect the Everet= t Hatch prize in the upcoming Sun 100 race with the Renesis but I might s= till have a shot at it. Tracy ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C4088B.AF14AA60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In spite of all the gli= tches it is good to hear of all the progress on rotary projects. Sn= ags being the norm, mine are no exceptions.

The Renesis transplant was going smoothly after a rocky start (see= website for details) but I was hoping to do some minor mods to my old in= take manifold and stick it on the Renesis. No Go, the secondary por= ts are significantly wider spaced and bolt pattern is way different. = ; So, since the new manifold is probably not going to happen until = after Sun 'n Fun I started on Plan B which was to put a 2.85 : 1 RD= -1C drive on my current 2nd gen engine along with the new prop I got from= Performance prop.

Got the driv= e swapped out today (the B drive still looks perfect inside after ~ 500 h= ours) but things went down hill fast. New prop is Right hand so the= cutouts in the spinner & bulkheads were wrong (duh, should= have seen that one). Had a new spinner on hand that I was going to= put on the -4 (the existing one has a slight wobble) so started trimming= it for the new prop. Then did a trial fit and found that the prop = bolts are too short. New prop has a monster 88" pitch that req= uired a thicker hub. It is also lots longer (74"). Ordered ne= w prop bolts. Will spend the next few days tweaking my cooling syst= em ducts to improve the cooling enough to handle the increased power I ho= pe the engine will make at 6800 rpm which is what I am guessing it will t= urn with the C drive & big stick.

It wou= ld have been a cinch to make the 220 mph mark to collect the Everett Hatc= h prize in the upcoming Sun 100 race with the Renesis but I might still h= ave a shot at it.

Tracy

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