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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:04
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: More wacky water
pump plans
Brilliant
Rusty - except that if you loose the belts you wont have much juice
left for the EWP.
The life expectancy
(engine and pilot) is far longer without an alternator, than without
water flow :-)
Seriously, I
think the advantage of the EWP might be removal of the mechanical pump load
and weight. If I were going with EWP I'd get two and loose the mechanical
pump. Go with a standard rad - it'll save you about the cost of the
second EWP, plus less load on the belts to keep you're alternator
running.
I already have two EWP's,
and running both, with no mechanical pump is still
an option. Unfortunately, packaging is still an issue. Remember, skinny
metal, not fat plastic :-)
Rusty (I hope I get the chance to critique your
work <g>)
Hi, Rusty....regarding the skinny metal, I assume you
are referring to the EWP. Do you have the Meziere pumps? It does sound
logical to go with the two EWP's and dump the mechanical pump. Save weight ,
have redundancy, and not rob precious horsepower from the engine. Just a
thought from someone who hasn't done it yet, so consider the source. I
do like the adapter plate that Meziere has for the rotary engine. Did I
say I like bolt-ons? Take care. Paul
Conner