X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.205] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c3) with ESMTP id 750212 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:10:17 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.205; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id p8so38625nzb for ; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:09:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=a3uqEyTC60vGQM6lKb5Jud49L1oqyexGuM1UtOtzmRTsylgw+ycIuBHzibyIDZCxNIHH0lu9pTTsZoBimKxA+plWo/TyxVpTvr0odDN0V9SrDXrgSqWSljXLYceoRkvWIeHsXD+wy4dKzpZ+24zxb7J8OFayU2Th2FgiE3tX0t8= Received: by 10.36.71.8 with SMTP id t8mr160264nza; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:09:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.222.6 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:09:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1c23473f0510042209p5b26bc25gf7b2a7674410f0f4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:09:31 -0700 From: David Leonard Reply-To: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: counterweights In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6128_3718746.1128488971556" References: ------=_Part_6128_3718746.1128488971556 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Here is the post from the guy on the RX-7 forum: ______________________________________________ I got myself a nifty digital scale a few weeks back and ever since I;ve bee= n experimenting and checking out various counterweights and stuff. Since most of the engine counterweights arent marked, its easy to get them confused once you take them off the engine they came on. I usually mark mine, but it'd still be nice to be able to differentiate. SO, I've been weighing them= . Here's what I found. This applies to automatic rear counterweights only. GSLSE s3 11.5 rotors, ctwt weighs 4.30lb 86-8 s4 10.5 rotors, t2 and NA, ctwt weighs 4.04lb (I havent gotten time to weigh the s5 ctwt I have, so no numbers on that yet, though it SHOULD be the same as FD) 93-95 s6 9.5lb rotors (FD/turbo) cwtw weighs 4.03lb (not enough of a difference to distinguish from the s4) I compared the s4 and s6 ctwt and can find no difference between them at al= l in weight or dimension. THe s4 was ordered brand new, and the s6 was remove= d from a stock original FD core motor, so I trust these results. I plan to weigh the s5 ctwt soon and see what my results are. __________________ *REBUILT ENGINES AVAILABLE $1000 and up: www.rotaryresurrection.com * Kevin Landers 93 RX-7 Touring single turbo etc. 99 Yukon Denali on 24's -- In a later post he went on to confirm that the S5 ctr weights also weighed 4.04. Hmmmmm.... Dave Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html ------=_Part_6128_3718746.1128488971556 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
Here is the post from the guy on the RX-7 forum:
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I got myself a nifty digital scale a few weeks bac= k and ever since I;ve been experimenting and checking out various counterwe= ights and stuff. Since most of the engine counterweights arent marked, its = easy to get them confused once you take them off the engine they came on. I= usually mark mine, but it'd still be nice to be able to differentiate. SO,= I've been weighing them. Here's what I found. This applies to automatic re= ar counterweights only.

GSLSE s3 11.5 rotors, ctwt weighs 4.30lb
86-8 s4 10.5 rotors, t2= and NA, ctwt weighs 4.04lb
(I havent gotten time to weigh the s5 ctwt I= have, so no numbers on that yet, though it SHOULD be the same as FD)
93-95 s6 9.5lb rotors (FD/turbo) cwtw weighs 4.03lb (not enough of a differ= ence to distinguish from the s4)

I compared the s4 and s6 ctwt and c= an find no difference between them at all in weight or dimension. THe s4 wa= s ordered brand new, and the s6 was removed from a stock original FD core= =20 motor, so I trust these results. I plan to weigh the s5 ctwt soon and s= ee what my results are.
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REBUILT = ENGINES AVAILABLE $1000 and up: www.rotaryresur= rection.com

Kevin Landers
93 RX-7 Touring single turbo= etc.
99 Yukon Denali on 24's
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In a later post he went on to confirm that the S5 ctr weights also wei= ghed 4.04. 
 
Hmmmmm....
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