X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 914058 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:31:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050425183020.CFOD2063.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:30:20 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Soft Seals Sloppy slots S^4 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:30:28 -0500 Message-ID: <017d01c549c4$dbb53230$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_017E_01C5499A.F2DF2A30" 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_017E_01C5499A.F2DF2A30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rusty, Mark I have access to the equipment to perform a Rockwell Hardness test. If = you want you can send the old seals to me and I could have the test run the = day after I receive them. Let me know . =20 Hi Bob, =20 If Ed wants to send a piece of his broken seal, I'm certainly game to = send one of my seals also. I'm not really sure what we'll prove by this, = other than finding out if Ed's seal was sub-Hurley-standard hardness. We = don't know what hardness is required, or desired, so having a figure for the standard Hurley wouldn't seem to serve any purpose to me. =20 =20 BTW Ed, I would absolutely not install those odd plugs until you get = home. It certainly sounds like they weren't hitting anything, but do you know = that the ground electrode wasn't glowing red, and causing pre-ignition, or causing some other odd problem that we don't understand? Even if you = don't believe those plugs will cause any problems at all, why take even a = slight chance until you get home and can circle your own field for testing? =20 Rusty =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_017E_01C5499A.F2DF2A30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Rusty, Mark
I have access=20 to the equipment to perform a Rockwell Hardness test.  If you = want you=20 can send the old seals to me and I could have the = test run the=20 day after I receive them.  Let me know .
 
Hi=20 Bob,
 
If Ed wants=20 to send a piece of his broken seal, I'm certainly game to send one of my = seals also.  I'm not really sure what we'll prove by this, = other than=20 finding out if Ed's seal was sub-Hurley-standard hardness.  We = don't know=20 what hardness is required, or desired, so having a figure for the = standard=20 Hurley wouldn't seem to serve any purpose to=20 me.     
 
BTW Ed, I=20 would absolutely not install those odd plugs until you get home.  = It=20 certainly sounds like they weren't hitting anything, but do you know = that the=20 ground electrode wasn't glowing red, and causing pre-ignition, or = causing some=20 other odd problem that we don't understand?  Even if you don't = believe=20 those plugs will cause any problems at all, why take even a slight = chance until=20 you get home and can circle your own field for = testing?
 
Rusty
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