X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.112] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.2) with SMTP id 2893479 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 04 May 2008 20:30:52 -0400 Received: (qmail 53455 invoked by uid 60001); 5 May 2008 00:30:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=h3ErNrP7K5VobyO0RAt1PkV7hYxtuDzXwY9aUtr+7uwrMotQuT6vj84sC0Y2ZdX/FauqESwQ+OsRjdU98bpYs7R1Df35Ei6jvulAIoMFiFFvqM0H3B9Fg3wYizkI5KNIlNtFpHYT/sSX79o0DEHIjHhuaBolYBrh1TObu7GumWM=; X-YMail-OSG: 3Zpp0_wVM1kyyy15EpVgdwUj8384iFjQRCavqPVKt5RD15k_5HOtEXPySewmxPmk6WaC2e.nuAjZpmr6EtofQejVLc2OuDATUCvCt7zmnvOKMRVK6HYv7NU- Received: from [69.221.93.75] by web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 04 May 2008 17:30:50 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/902.40 YahooMailWebService/0.7.185 Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 17:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael LaFleur Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Jet-A To: Rotary motors in aircraft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-507591662-1209947450=:52160" Message-ID: <807019.52160.qm@web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-507591662-1209947450=:52160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lynn is full of amazing stories and knowledge. I have folder of canard/rotary posts. I put the good ones there. Almost all of Lynn's posts are keepers. We are lucky and honored to have Lynn share his experiences and knowledge on this list. If I had to learn and experience all the things Lynn has talked about on this list, I'd be a hundred years old. Mike LaFleur ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lehanover@aol.com" To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 12:01:35 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Jet-A When I worked for the Government I was involved in a project to convert the P-250 portable fire pump from gasoline to Jet A fuel. There may have been some carb changes, but the main thing was a butane bottle that was used to fill a try below the intake manifold. The tray was filled, and ignited. once the fuel was used up the engine started and ran fine on jet A. Lynn E. Hanover In a message dated 5/4/2008 8:49:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, res12@fairpoint.net writes: Ed, What you described is exactly why it is so hard to come up with a good working, spark ignition, heavy fuel (Diesel/JP) engine. It seems that in order to solving this problem one would have to beat basic physics. The real diesel only works because most of the fuel droplets combust at the same time, eliminating the influence of flame propagation velocity. FW Richard Sohn N2071U Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. --0-507591662-1209947450=:52160 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

Lynn is full of amazing stories and knowledge. I have folder of canard/rotary posts. I put the good ones there.

Almost all of Lynn's posts are keepers. We are lucky and honored to have Lynn share his experiences and knowledge on this list.

If I had to learn and experience all the things Lynn has talked about on this list, I'd be a hundred years old.

Mike LaFleur

----- Original Message ----
From: "Lehanover@aol.com" <Lehanover@aol.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 12:01:35 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Jet-A

When I worked for the Government I was involved in a project to convert the P-250 portable fire pump from gasoline to Jet A fuel. There may have been some carb changes, but the main thing was a butane bottle that was used to fill a try below the intake manifold. The tray was filled, and ignited. once the fuel was used up the engine started and ran fine on jet A.

Lynn E. Hanover

In a message dated 5/4/2008 8:49:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, res12@fairpoint.net writes:

Ed,

What you described is exactly why it is so hard to come up with a good working, spark ignition, heavy fuel (Diesel/JP) engine. It seems that in order to solving this problem one would have to beat basic physics.

The real diesel only works because most of the fuel droplets combust at the same time, eliminating the influence of flame propagation velocity.

FW

Richard Sohn
N2071U

Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food.

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