X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 3488590 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:23:46 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.111; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111]) with mapi; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:22:49 -0800 From: Jeff Whaley To: Rotary motors in aircraft Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:23:09 -0800 Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Oiling considerations on an incline? Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Oiling considerations on an incline? Thread-Index: AcmMjW82js9ZpFzSQBawfoDZnbaZmgAALZiA Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi Chris, I have a similar aircraft with a Mazda 13B; you should not have a= ny unusual oil concerns except trying to keep it cool. As for the incline a= t idle, taxi, etc, you will need to ensure that any air trapped in the engi= ne block water jacket is removed. There are several methods of doing that w= hich are searchable from this list; however, in my instance there is a purg= e line running from the iron housing closest to propeller back to the top o= f a header tank; header tank is 1 quart and is only 1/4 filled with coolant= . Hope this helps ... Jeff=20 -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Beh= alf Of Christopher Owens Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:10 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Oiling considerations on an incline? Good afternoon everyone, I'm considering putting a rotary engine on a Barrows Bearhawk, a 2500-=20 pound high-wing tailwheel aircraft, and I was wondering if there are =20 any concerns regarding lubrication of the engine when it's on a =20 mounted at a pretty good angle. In flight, when it's level, I'm =20 confident that there wouldn't be any problems. Just wondering if =20 there is anything additional to consider when at idle, taxi, etc. Many thanks and best regards, Chris -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.= html