that is what I have on my single rotor. Has been running on the test stand
for quite a while.
To adapt this to a two rotor engine would just be a bit of design
work.
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Lightweight
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Maybe having provisions for mounting on the front cover of the engine
would avoid conflicts with the exhaust system, and would lessen the amount of
mounting tubes/weight needed.
I hate to sound like I'm pontificating here, but with all this talk of
aluminum side and middle housings with a nitrided wear surface, has
anyone thought about the minimum thickness of a steel wear plate to avoid
warping due to heating? The reason I ask is that I was thinking that in order
to have aluminum side housings, a sandwich of wear plates with the rest of the
side plate made from aluminum might work without brazing the steel to the
aluminum, if brazing is even possible. Instead of brazing, O-rings like the
water jacket o-rings might be incorporated. Just a thought.
My RV-4 is 1090 lbs, heavier than I'd like. That's about 230 lbs heavier
than the Hatch/Beckham Powersport RV-4 at around 865 lbs, if I recall
correctly.
Brian trubee