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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:47:48 -0600
From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: single rotor testing
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:07:08 -0500
"Russell Duffy" <rusty@radrotary.com> wrote:

> Rusty if you decide to build a 601 let me know as I have just started
> building one along with two other guys and we did a PDX file on the plans
> and had all the pieces laser cut and pre punched just like the factory kits
> and could get you a file for it,  
>  
> Thanks Ken, but if I go for a 601XL, I'll probably just buy the kit.
> Until/unless the single rotor starts behaving better, I won't be building
> one.  
>  
> On that subject, I watched the Warp Drive prop on a Subaru powered gyro
> today, and saw some of the same fore and aft oscillations.  It wasn't as
> bad, and the guy who set them up told me a way to get the blades a bit
> closer to the same pitch, which he thinks has something to do with this.
> When I get the single running again, I'll make sure the blades are as close
> as possible, then try it again.  
>  
> Rusty
>  
> 
Hey Rusty,

The first time I ran my Warp Drive prop I set one of the blades to
negative pitch.  Now that ran rough.  It might have been comparable
to your single rotor. :)

Bob W.

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