X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost02.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.102] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTP id 2827655 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:51:44 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.102; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from fwebmail12.isp.att.net ([207.115.9.152]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc02) with SMTP id <20080401165105H0200arf1te>; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:51:05 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [207.115.9.152] Received: from [64.250.200.109] by fwebmail12.isp.att.net; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:51:04 +0000 From: "Kelly Troyer" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Oil metering port Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:51:04 +0000 Message-Id: <040120081651.642.47F267F70007D3C00000028222230680329B0A02D29B9B0EBF019D9B040A05@att.net> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Mar 10 2008) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_642_1207068664_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_642_1207068664_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Al, Apparently that is a distribution nozzle in the bottom of the oil injection ports......I never attemped to remove one but they cannot extend into the rotor housing........ They butt up to the steel liner of the housing and there is only a small hole through the steel liner.......... -- Kelly Troyer "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold -------------- Original message from "Al Gietzen" : -------------- Yesterday I removed one of the banjo bolts that serve as oil injection ports on the housings of my 20B. In the bottom of the threaded bore I noticed a slotted plug with hole in center. I wondered if the slot had something to do with maybe distributing the oil to the tip seals. It looked like it was threaded in; so in my curiosity, I took a screwdriver to screw it out. It turns, but doesn’t appear to move up or down. What is it there for, and did turning it do anything? I want to make sure it doesn’t possibly move inward and contact the tip seal. BTW; the hole is threaded 10mm, 1.25 pitch; and a plug bolt should be a max of about 12mm long. Al --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_642_1207068664_0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_642_1207068664_1" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_642_1207068664_1 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Al,

Apparently that is a distribution nozzle in the bottom of the oil injection ports......I

never attemped to remove one but they cannot extend into the rotor housing........

They butt up to the steel liner of the housing and there is only a small hole through

the steel liner..........

--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold

-------------- Original message from "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures@cox.net>: --------------

Yesterday I removed one of the banjo bolts that serve as oil injection ports on the housings of my 20B. In the bottom of the threaded bore I noticed a slotted plug with hole in center. I wondered if the slot had something to do with maybe distributing the oil to the tip seals. It looked like it was threaded in; so in my curiosity, I took a screwdriver to screw it out. It turns, but doesn’t appear to move up or down. What is it there for, and did turning it do anything? I want to make sure it doesn’t possibly move inward and contact the tip seal.

BTW; the hole is threaded 10mm, 1.25 pitch; and a plug bolt should be a max of about 12mm long.

Al

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