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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Gearbox oil
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:31:10 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Kelly I asked few people at Bill Eslick's fly-in the same question.  
Looks like everybody is flying with
Mobil-1 W ##-50 . Only place I can buy it in 5 QT jugs is Wall-Mart  
around $26.
Buly


On Mar 12, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Kelly Troyer wrote:

> George,
>     I may have missed it in a previous post but what oil (weight &  
> type)
> are you using in your system ?
>
> --
> Kelly Troyer
> Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2
>
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message from George Graham  
> <rx7ez@yahoo.com>: --------------
>
> Hi Bob,
>
>   In reply to your questions, the pressure from the Pegasus pump is  
> 55 psi.
> The capacity of the reservoir is about two quarts (it is a Moroso  
> radiator tank).
>
> I would have gone with the engine oil line except I already had  
> this setup for
> my other gearbox. I forgot to include that I have a cooler,  
> pressure switch,
> and temp probe installed in my system. The oil leaving the  
> planetary gearbox
> is very close to shaving cream, which may work fine for the engine  
> and the
> gearbox, but I am concerned about the cooling ability for a turbo.
>
> George Graham
> Mazda Rx7ez N4449E
> Sarasota Florida -SRQ
>