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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Serious single rotor questions (serious??)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:40:47 -0500
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I resemble that remark.  We had the priveledge to compete on the show.  Our hill climb car lost to a V8 jeep.  The chain was only factor on run two when it came off.  Our "expert" put the chain tensioner on the power side of the chain.  Ooops.  We fixed that and run three was fine.  We lost because we designed our car to be fast but our "expert" refused to make the last run in second gear.  

Ron Milligan
Jet Jocks 2002
RV7 QB Fuse
Aliso Viejo CA

PS Sorry about being off topic!

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> From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/12/12 Sun AM 09:20:13 EST
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Serious single rotor questions (serious??)
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> He uses a racing motorcycle chain up to a propeller shaft in pillow block
> bearings up
> where the engine is supposed to be.
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> Charlie
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> Thanks Charlie.  For some reason, I never thought of that, but it does seem
> easy, and I agree with the 3:1 ratio.   I'd sure hate to think of that chain
> coming off and going through the prop though.  
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> I mentioned the chain to my wife, and she reminded me of all those Junkyard
> Wars episodes we've seen.  On that show, anyone who uses a chain to drive
> anything is destined to lose.  I would hope that I could exceed the average
> Junkyard Wars standard of quality though :-)
>  
> Thanks,
> Rusty (something else to think about)
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