Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #14147
From: David Staten <Dastaten@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine damage thoughts
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:55:40 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I razor scraped then wire brushed a rotor to near-new cleanliness in less than 30 mins. I used a new wire cup on an electric drill. There was no visible damage to the rotor as a result of this.

Dave

Ernest Christley wrote:

Finn Lassen wrote:

 From my limited experience (taking apart 5 and putting together 4 times), the time consuming part is the cleaning.
Once you've got it apart you'll feel obligated to clean rotors, seals, etc. Otherwise it's easy to take apart and put together in a short weekend.

Finn


I've heard several comments about cleaning carbon.  I don't know if I'll have that problem, but I wanted to share an idea that I got off of one of those DIY shows.  The topic was about cleaning a grill, and several options were given:

1--oven cleaner

2--wrap in paper towels, spray down with ammonia, seal in aluminum foil for several hours.

3--wrap in aluminum foil and back on high heat for several hours

Would any of these present major drawbacks to cleaning a rotor without all the elbow grease?


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