Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #53165
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: intake blower update
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:31:46 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Al Gietzen wrote:
What's a rough comparison to a belt-driven supercharger?
Al

  
You mean a cost/benefits comparison?

The supercharger would have the same belts/pulleys/sideload drawback that the alternator has.  Not a major issue except for weight.  It also has the control mechanism and cooling complexity of a turbo.  Installation (at least for my installation) would not be as streamlined.

The benefit of a supercharger would be the ability to get major boost out of it.  I'm not even hoping to get that sort of mind blowing boost for vertical takeoffs.
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