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[FlyRotary] Re: RV-3
post-mortem
I have lost oil pressure three times and every time the
rotors will overheat and expand and seize on the side housings and
there has been no bearing damage and in fact I used the main bearing
over again, the last time when an oil line blew I even restarted the
engine three times and ran it till it seized again to milk all I could
out of it to get me to a better landing spot and still there was no
bearing damage.
It will be interesting to see if Rusty's engine shows the
same.
Ken Welter
Rusty,
I would think that the bearings would be ruined while
running without oil, but you'll know more when you tear it down for
inspection.
It certainly could have been much worse. At
least you and the plane can be reused.
Steve Brooks
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