X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-px0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.5) with ESMTP id 4230630 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:42:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.212.180; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by pxi2 with SMTP id 2so652275pxi.25 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:42:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=mLL/gCilPn3+s9FE/MSqtUAbQiUPb6dO90yfsVBx8yI=; b=ETkcc/QtFRT3w+n1TREzFoXGnvLG2tbIcXIC6kXVo9smQSxh814FQWMlbp/vE8hGQp Ul5+1+MExQL0NcvQbkd9EYmVOyuMrCLv48xxX5kv/jiTsGrt+YlEyHXE+UZS9RpJbOnb lWIrOYdhre+dxrTn45TZx7uUr31SivF7Mcgy0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Cumx3DbYid7Fjl6Z+SUzqu9K27t0oi19sz4wfUY76uyX25amcH+BVMHZSjEZqJfqL3 ER9rWiyBag/mM4WjBtgxzXyqNAanngBTNW2OLQdkv2iY3rK/JXzibb5zrMb01Sm0bWPW nwuvV0NQ0z/jR8AAExFenFXKIqJ7l3fzDJKXg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.35.11 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:42:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:42:19 -0700 Received: by 10.141.22.18 with SMTP id z18mr1780885rvi.22.1271947339780; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:42:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: elec fuel pumps From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd17a125c53f50484d45142 --000e0cd17a125c53f50484d45142 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I would agree with all that, but still, even a modest 500h.p. running ROP, would still be burning around 50gal/hr or something like that. And you never want to be near the upper limit of your pump's rating. David Leonard On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Mike Wills wrote: > I have to disagree with that one. I've been involved in the hot rod car > scene on and off since my high school days. Specs sell and companies like > Holley know it. Bigger is always better. I wish I could get back all of the > money I spent over the years on the latest trick part advertised/hyped in > Hot Rod Magazine. A tiny fraction of the people that they market to could > actually use that fuel flow. But of course the guys that need that are > probably spending an order of magnitude more money for a REALLY COOL Barry > Grant fuel pump not the cheap Holley red pump. > > Mike Wills > > *From:* David Leonard > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:58 AM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] Re: elec fuel pumps > > In Short, yes they can burn that much. > > -- > David Leonard > > Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY > http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net > http://RotaryRoster.net > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:02 PM, kevin lane wrote: > >> I want to know why electric fuel pumps for race cars have capacities >> ranges of 71 - 90 gallons per hr at pressure? they don't burn anywhere near >> that, do they? when looking at pumps, those capacities seemed pretty >> common. why? weight is a consideration in race cars as well as airplanes, >> right? the Holley red pump, 71 gal/hr @ 3 psi weighs 3 lbs and is huge. my >> renesis could never use half that capacity, right? >> >> >> KevinLane Carpentry >> www.KevinLaneCarpentry.com >> > > > > -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net --000e0cd17a125c53f50484d45142 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I would agree with all that, but still, even a modest 500h.p. running = ROP, would still be burning around 50gal/hr or something like that.=A0 And = you never want to be near the upper limit of your pump's rating.
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David Leonard

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Mike Wills <rv-4mike@cox.net&= gt; wrote:
I have to disagree with that one. I've been= involved in the hot rod car scene on and off since my high school days. Sp= ecs sell and companies like Holley know it. Bigger is always better. I wish= I could get back all of the money I spent over the years on the latest tri= ck part advertised/hyped in Hot Rod Magazine. A tiny fraction of the people= that they market to could actually use that fuel flow. But of course the g= uys that need that are probably spending an order of magnitude more money f= or a REALLY COOL Barry Grant fuel pump not the cheap Holley red pump.
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Mike Wills

Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:58 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: elec fuel pumps

In Short, yes they=A0can burn that much.
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Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:02 PM, kevin lane <n= 3773@comcast.net> wrote:
I want to know why electric fuel pumps fo= r race cars have capacities ranges of 71 - 90 gallons per hr at pressure?= =A0 they don't burn anywhere near that, do they?=A0 when looking at pum= ps, those capacities seemed pretty common.=A0 why?=A0 weight is a considera= tion in race cars as well as airplanes, right?=A0 the Holley red pump, 71 g= al/hr @ 3 psi weighs 3 lbs and is huge.=A0 my renesis could never use half = that capacity, right?
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KevinLane Carpentry
www.KevinLaneCarpentry.com






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