X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop: No license found, only first 5 messages were scanned Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.1) with ESMTP id 1208373 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:01:02 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.117; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from mwebmail09.att.net ([204.127.135.30]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <2006062716001211300758p8e>; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:00:17 +0000 Received: from [63.233.6.151] by mwebmail09.att.net; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:00:12 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Rotor Corner Seals Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:00:12 +0000 Message-Id: <062720061600.2420.44A1560B00091669000009742160376021019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 28 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2420_1151424012_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2420_1151424012_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks Lynn -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from Lehanover@aol.com: -------------- In a message dated 6/27/2006 11:22:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, keltro@att.net writes: Group, I need an opinion from Lynn Hanover and/or anyone else of the group on the use of solid rotor corner seals in place of the stock seals with the rubber plug in them........The rubber plugs tend to harden over long term use because heat and probably become ineffective........IMHO -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 You answered your question. You left out more likely to break, but you have to break one to know that. The newer design seals better early in the engines life. I don't know of anyone who uses them in high performance applications. In ported engines the rubber plug can fall into the port. The early solid corners is what I use. Aircraft engines have to qualify as high performance from the duty cycle point of view. Lynn E. Hanover --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_2420_1151424012_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Thanks Lynn

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Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

-------------- Original message from Lehanover@aol.com: --------------

In a message dated 6/27/2006 11:22:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, keltro@att.net writes:

Group,

I need an opinion from Lynn Hanover and/or anyone else of the group on the

use of solid rotor corner seals in place of the stock seals with the rubber plug in

them........The rubber plugs tend to harden over long term use because heat and

probably become ineffective........IMHO

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Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

You answered your question. You left out more likely to break, but you have to break one to know that. The newer design seals better early in the engines life. I don't know of anyone who uses them in high performance applications. In ported engines the rubber plug can fall into the port. The early solid corners is what I use. Aircraft engines have to qualify as high performance from the duty cycle point of view.

Lynn E. Hanover

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