X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 934928 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:17:56 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.184.194; envelope-from=russell.duffy@gmail.com Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so562060wra for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:17:11 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:importance:in-reply-to:x-mimeole; b=VjYUGdqGdM8iZalsURAIwbIZd1UT3sZ6QL5E96Dq1xHtvm1bPcgGtFjZ/qrstblrUFozC3zI1SfHUEiTtU2DgJVHolM4DmrLCMlNJX52Bj1Hnn62vK6NAXmv3q1vd4hRJ8fKIv3MVQ2RTTzGCzx0q/tg26marNWmdBihQyk/1Vs= Received: by 10.54.156.20 with SMTP id d20mr1766434wre; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:17:10 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from rd ( [65.6.194.9]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 7sm2410120wrl.2006.01.20.15.17.10; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:17:10 -0800 (PST) From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: flywheel weight? Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:17:10 -0600 Message-ID: <001b01c61e17$a3b49600$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01C61DE5.591A2600" 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_001C_01C61DE5.591A2600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You could take off the flexplate and weight and try a flywheel, it won't = be right but it may give you some indication of the effectiveness of = smoothing out the torque pulses. George ( down under)=20 =20 Not a bad thought George. The built in counter weight would be on the = right side of the shaft, but just not enough of it. The other side could be lightened to make it balance, but this would all take way more time that = I need to be spending on this. I'll file it away as a future science = project. =20 Cheers, Rusty =20 PS- A Piper landed on highway 98, just a few miles from my house today. = It sounds like it hit a jeep on rollout (slide-out), but no one was hurt in = the plane or jeep. I wonder why he didn't put the gear down. Nice picture online. http://snipurl.com/lryk ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C61DE5.591A2600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
You could take off the flexplate and = weight and try=20 a flywheel, it won't be right but it may give you some indication of the = effectiveness of smoothing out the torque pulses.
George ( down under) 
 
Not a bad thought George.  The built in = counter weight=20 would be on the right side of the shaft, but just not enough of = it.  The=20 other side could be lightened to make it balance, but this would all = take way=20 more time that I need to be spending on this.  I'll file it away = as a=20 future science project.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty
 
PS-  A=20 Piper landed on highway 98, just a few miles from my house=20 today.  It sounds like it hit a jeep on rollout (slide-out), = but no=20 one was hurt in the plane or jeep.   I wonder why he = didn't put=20 the gear down.  Nice picture online.   http://snipurl.com/lryk
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