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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] dynamic balance
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:43:49 +0800
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Thanks Steve

> On 20 Mar 2021, at 6:36 am, Sboese sboese@uwyo.edu =
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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> My method was to add weight to the first bolt until the resultant =
phase angle coincided with a second bolt 90 degrees from that first =
bolt. Then weight was added to that second bolt to minimize the overall =
imbalance.  This was done to avoid the method of trying to add different =
weights to two bolts at a time.  Either way should eventually work.
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> The weight added to each of the bolts was 8 grams or less.
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>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 3:34 PM, Stephen Izett stephen.izett@gmail.com =
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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>> =EF=BB=BFSo it lined up with one of the rubber damper bolts and you =
didn't need to distribute the weight across two bolt locations?
>> Thanks for the information Steve.
>> Steve I
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>>> On 20 Mar 2021, at 4:38 am, Sboese sboese@uwyo.edu =
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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>>> About 8 grams at one corner after the phase angle indicated the =
light spot was aligned with that corner.
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>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 12:57 AM, Stephen Izett =
stephen.izett@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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>>>> Thanks Steve B.
>>>> Do you recall how much weight was required to balance the engine at =
the flex plate?
>>>> Steve Izett
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>>>>> On 19 Mar 2021, at 9:40 am, Steven W. Boese SBoese@uwyo.edu =
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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>>>>> I did not try the procedure described by Finn where a weight was =
attached at the four cardinal locations.
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>>>>> I used a Freescale MMA7260Q eval board as the 3 axis =
accelerometer, a USB 6009 as an A to D unit and Signalexpress software =
both from National Instruments, and a laptop computer to collect and =
process the data.
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>>>>> The photo shows the setup for balancing the prop.  The position =
reference Hall effect sensor was installed on the red mount and clamped =
to redrive.  The sensor and mount were covered in modeling clay to =
dampen resonance vibrations possible in this mount.  The Hall effect =
trigger was attached to the prop flange with double sided tape along =
with an equal weight attached in the same way 180 degrees from the =
trigger.  The accelerometer is seen behind the red clamp and was =
installed in a 1/4=E2=80=9D aluminum plate.  This was screwed to a =
second 1/4=E2=80=9D aluminum plate which was bonded to the redrive with =
epoxy putty.  Before the engine was started, a  =E2=80=9Cthump test=E2=80=9D=
 was performed by striking the accelerometer lightly with a rubber =
hammer and recording the results in order to verify the stiffness of the =
accelerometer mount.  The balance was adjusted by adding washers under =
the screws which attach the spinner to the aft bulkhead and at the =
angular location indicated by the processed data.  The final balancing =
weight was in the form of washers, nut, and bolt installed in the aft =
spinner bulkhead.  This weight took into account the difference in the =
radius from the center of the prop shaft to the test washers under the =
spinner screws compared to the radius to the location of the balancing =
bolt, nut, and washers.
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>>>>> The engine was balanced by locating the Hall effect position =
sensor where it would see a trigger attached to one of the damper plate =
to flex plate bolts with an equal weight attached to the opposite bolt.  =
Washers of various weights were installed under two of the bolts until =
the unbalance phase angle was aligned with one of the four bolts.  Then =
the weight under that bolt was adjusted until the balance was =
acceptable.
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>>>>> Steve Boese
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