Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #38403
From: Russell Duffy <rusty@radrotary.com>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Single Rotor Run
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:10:13 -0500
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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The only way to achieve that is with a much smaller radius for the location of the coupling elements. 
 
I don't know what your coupler looks like, but I would suspect that it is very close to what is used on the two rotors. 
If every thing else fails, the Hirth comes with the option for a clutch. And the price is right. 
 
Hi Richard,
 
You'll get no argument from me on your logic.  Are you using the stock Hirth coupler?  You posted a picture of it once before, and it looks very similar to the one that comes on the Autoflight drive.  The Autoflight (Centaflex) coupler might be a bit larger in diameter, but it's hard to tell from the pics.  The bolt diameter is about 4.5" on the one I have. 
 
Since 2 strokes are know to run really rough at low rpm, it would make sense that they would have soft couplers, and it just might make life simpler.  I may end up with a Hirth drive yet :-)
 
Rusty
 
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