Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #38320
From: <fpbjr2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Stock Turbo
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:31:25 -0700 (PDT)
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
joe
  the plane is at greenwood (grd). i do not know where
you are located but if you want to see the 20b install
i can meet you there most anytime. just give me a days
notice.
              paul brannon   N117ES  


--- Joe Ewen <jewen@comporium.net> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Thanks for the input.  Is your friend in SC, by any
> chance.  I recall a Lancair in the Greenville
> vicinity that made a first flight earlier this year
> with a turbo 20B.  I wanted to take a ride out to
> see his installation, but can not remember his name
> or email address.
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Steve Brooks
>   To: Rotary motors in aircraft
>   Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:20 AM
>   Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Stock Turbo
>
>
>   Joe,
>   I read and agree with the answers that you
> received from others on the list.  The twin turbos
> are not a good option.
>   I friend of mine is running a 20B in a Lancair,
> and he went with a T04 turbo.  Since you will have
> to fabricate an exhaust system anyways, I think that
> the  T04 is the way to go.  Get a turbo with a high
> a/r ratio.  Nothing lower than .96.  The 1.26 is
> even better.  The housing will be larger, and
> require a larger heat shield, but they are much
> better suited to continuous operation.
>
>   Steve Brooks
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Rotary motors in aircraft
> [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Joe
> Ewen
>     Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:10 AM
>     To: Rotary motors in aircraft
>     Subject: [FlyRotary] Stock Turbo
>
>
>     Steve, Dave, or anyone else using the stock
> turbo(s)
>
>     On my 20B installation I am considering using
> the stock turbo system.  I would only be using low
> boost levels.  I have a couple of questions for
> anyone who is using the stock turbos.  Were your
> systems twins turbos?  Did you leave both turbos in
> place?  Is over speeding an issue for our mode of
> operation?  What else should I know about using the
> stock turbos?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Joe



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