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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:49:37 -0700
From: Bob White <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] flex plate
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Hi Paul,

The flex plate replaces the flywheel.  


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:44:03 -0600
"Paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> OK....I am going to openly display my ignorance here....I had my Ross
> PSRU off only one time, when I had the thrust bearing mod done.  I
> simply reinstalled it opposite of how I took it off. That was some
> time ago, and I can't recall what it looked like where it mated to the
> flywheel.  Did the Ross also use an auto flex plate?  I remember the
> shaft was splined. That's about all I recall.  I am asking this,
> because I have purchased a set of street ported 4-port plates to which
> I will add a set of NA rotors and housings to build up a complete
> engine so I will lessen my "downtime" by hopefully swapping engines on
> a weekend. I would like to have this new engine ready to bolt on and
> run. I'm assuming  that  the stock, cast iron flywheel I have if from
> a standard transmission RX7. Are the automatic and standard flywheels
> different, or do you just add an automatic transmission flex plate to
> the cast iron flywheel I already have?  Just when I thought I had
> everything figured out, I start reading new posts about flex
> plates....
>      Thanks in advance for any and all replies/suggestions.  Paul,
>      what the heck is a flexplate, Conner


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