Return-Path: Received: from pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.254] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 754880 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:15:28 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.217.121.254; envelope-from=barrygardner@mindspring.com Received: from h-69-3-102-144.chcgilgm.dynamic.covad.net ([69.3.102.144] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1D3hMf-0003xC-00 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:14:41 -0800 Message-ID: <421BA0BB.7050909@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:14:35 -0600 From: Barry Gardner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 2nd battery Re: Amps required to run engine&- hours available References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I looked at the website but didn't see how many amps it puts out. Does anyone know?

Is this the combined alternator/water pump product? Or is it just an alternator?

I'd be interested if it's the combined product. If you lose a belt on an alternator, you've still got your battery to get you down and time to do it in. If you lose your cooling because you lost the water pump belt, you're going down a lot faster.

Barry Gardner
Wheaton, IL

WRJJRS@aol.com wrote:

Mark, I talked to Racemate and they indicated that they would build crank pully alternator FOR THE ROTARY if there is enough interest. Perhaps we should get together and contact them. They are priced reasonably for a custom alternator about $250. I would love to BUY this alternative. We have so much to do I don't want to make my own light bulbs!
Bill Jepson

Bill,
OK, now you've got my interest!  A crank mounted alternator could make a
great backup power source.  So, why can't we come up with a simple
method of mounting a PM alternator, or 55 amp ND, on the end of the
crankshaft?  That shouldn't be too hard to do. (easy for me to say)

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