Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 611009 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:40:08 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050118023929.REXC1983.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:39:29 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Switching to Evans NPG+ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:39:35 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c4fd06$f2deb810$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4FCD4.A8444810" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4FCD4.A8444810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just thought about this more in the shower (where I do my best = thinking, apologies for the mental image)... I have a very simple system, with nothing more than a pressure cap, and overflow bottle. I'll probably = leave the cap in place, though it will never get activated, and run my hose = from the makeup bottle to a fitting on the lower hose (suction side) of the = water pump housing. I'd also like to install one of those neato level = switches on the overflow bottle, to alert me if the level drops. =20 With any luck, a leak would be a much slower problem with a = non-pressurized system. Hopefully, the level sensor would warn me in time to get to an airport. Heaven help you trying to find Evan's NPG+ at an airport = though. =20 =20 I use the low oil sensor in the pan, and would probably put the low = coolant light next to it. I've already got a label for the pair of lights, that = I stole from the RX-7 list. Some of the RX-7's (at least the FD) have a = low coolant light. Several wags have joked that it's in fact the "change = engine light" :-) I can verify that this is a valid label for the low oil = light. =20 Another odd though that came to mind. Wouldn't NPG be much better to = have if you lost coolant flow? At least I can imagine that it's much better = for a low flow situation. Since I believe we can all agree that EWP's work, = I think we can also agree that Todd has demonstrated that the flow is less than what the stock pump puts out (not bad, just true). Would NPG make = the EWP's lower flow rate more appealing to the disbelievers? Still = thinking this through, but thought I'd throw it out there for comments. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (no Dave, I'm not tasting it)=20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4FCD4.A8444810 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I just thought = about this=20 more in the shower (where I do my best thinking, apologies for the = mental=20 image)...   I have a very simple system, with nothing more than a = pressure=20 cap, and overflow bottle.  I'll probably leave the cap in place, = though it=20 will never get activated, and run my hose from the makeup bottle to a = fitting on=20 the lower hose (suction side) of the water pump housing.  I'd also = like to=20 install one of those neato level switches on the overflow bottle, to = alert me if=20 the level drops.
 
With any luck, = a leak would=20 be a much slower problem with a non-pressurized system.  Hopefully, = the=20 level sensor would warn me in time to get to an airport.  Heaven = help you=20 trying to find Evan's NPG+ at an airport though.  =
 
I use the low = oil sensor in=20 the pan, and would probably put the low coolant light next to it.  = I've=20 already got a label for the pair of lights, that I stole from the RX-7=20 list.  Some of the RX-7's (at least the FD) have a low coolant = light. =20 Several wags have joked that it's in fact the "change engine = light" =20 :-)   I can verify that this is a valid label for the low oil=20 light. 
 
Another odd = though that=20 came to mind.  Wouldn't NPG be much better to have if you lost = coolant=20 flow?  At least I can imagine that it's much better for a low flow=20 situation.  Since I believe we can all agree that EWP's work, I = think we=20 can also agree that Todd has demonstrated that the flow is less than = what the=20 stock pump puts out (not bad, just true).  Would NPG make the EWP's = lower=20 flow rate more appealing to the disbelievers?  Still thinking this = through,=20 but thought I'd throw it out there for comments.  =
 
Cheers,
Rusty = (no Dave, I'm=20 not tasting it) 
 
 
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