[FlyRotary] Re: Cog-Belts - was: More progress,
more ques
I had a belt drive on the Ford V6, belt
was about 6" wide; had to buy a custom-order, set of 4 - could not
buy less Š set was $320 or $80 each. No idea about the actual
service life but at that time people on the "Ford list" were
expecting to reach 2000 hours.
Jeff
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Berniehb7448@wmconnect.com
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 8:20 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: More progress, more
questions....
From what I've seen so far, ALL cog
belts, doesn't matter what size or what HP limits, have a very safety
concerned operating limit of 500 hours/2 years, whatever comes along
sooner, even if they still LOOK almost brand-new. This was stressed on
all belt PSRU sites (for fixed wing or rotary wing).I've not seen
replacement belt prices because they have not been posted and I have
not asked.
I have run a cog belt on my Rotary Coot for about 1000 hrs
now and I replace the belt about every 150 hrs just to give me that
warm fuzzy feeling, I am using an Opit Omega belt and the cost is
about 100 bucks.
Ken
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