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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: What about an air-cooled rotary?
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:34:47 -0500
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Actually, the Opsrey has the ability to turn both rotors with one engine.  It is quite a complex system.  

> 
> From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
> Date: 2006/02/03 Fri PM 04:33:31 EST
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: What about an air-cooled rotary?
> 
> Russell Duffy wrote:
> 
> > Check out the dimesional drawings.  Is that big round disk on the output
> > shaft a blower?  I'd hate to think that he might have somehow procured a
> > patent on that particular idea.
> >
> >  
> > Looks like an enclosure for a flywheel.  Note the starter poking into 
> > it from the engine side. 
> >  
> > Just can't wait for that flying car to get finished.  I imagine 
> > they're still trying to get the MTBF (Mean Time Between FATALITY) up 
> > to double digit minutes  :-)
> >
> What is that hose looking thing coming off and around the engine?  
> Forced cooling for an alternator?
> 
> I can wait.  Moller's whole concept is idiotic from the drawing-board, 
> as is the Marine's newest money pit.  It grates my last nerve that 
> everyone doesn't see how foolish the concept is from basic principles of 
> common sense.  It's a completely "fail-disastrous" design, in that if 
> you lose an engine there is no way to have a controlled decent.  
> Helicopters have autorotation, planes have glide ratio, balloons tend to 
> deflate slowly and don't depend on a complicated machine that's trying 
> to throw itself apart in the first place.  Anything designed to fly by 
> balancing a load between running engines is criminal foolishness.  An 
> engine gives out (high likelyhood), what'r ya' gonna do now? ...  DIE!!
> 
> The Marines are doubly guilty.  The operational profile for the Osprey 
> is to insert and remove troops in close quarters with the enemy.  One 
> bullet to one engine and it's game over.
> 
> Please excuse my rant.  Do not archive.  Off-topic.  (Probably) complete 
> bull$n17
> 
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