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Tom, consensus of an Eaton engineer is that the two
tapered bearings on the output shaft are moving the 80W from the small of the
taper to the larger end of the rollers, there is no slot for the oil to return
to the main body of the unit. A grove has been machined for an oil
return to circulate the oil and relieve the pressure on the seal, also a
retainer has been made for the output shaft seal, something it needed in the
first place. There are holes drilled in the ring gear that circulate oil
out of the case and this oil will be routed thru a cooler. I had a tank on
the firewall at first with the oil coming out of the drain hole and it was to
return into the fill hole, but all the oil was circulated into the tank and onto
the firewall, so I removed the tank and put a small tank mounted on the redrive
connected to the vent hole on the re-drive and didn't lose anymore oil out, but
it needed the cooling as the case expanded with heat generated and the seal came
out. I'll post pictures when I get it plumbed. JohnD
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 11:31
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight -
Velocity N17010
John: Can you tell us what you did to solve the Marcotte
problems?
KIND REGARDS
Thomas Giddings
727 858 1772
Tracy, I missed out on the button also.
I'm nearing the finishing of the rebuild of Wittman W-10 after the
Marcotte Re-drive failure. The oiling system or lack thereof was an
accident waiting to happen.
John Downing
3606 20 Mi. Rd.
Marion, MI. 49665
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 9:32
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight -
Velocity N17010
You sure do Chris, and congratulations!
BTW, I recently found the long lost box of "I love flying my Mazda Rotary" buttons.
If anyone else missed out on their button, let me
know.
Tracy
Sent from my iPad
Hey, Tracy....Do I qualify for my "I love flying my Rotary" button
yet???
Chris
First flight 6/9/12
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
on behalf of Mark Steitle [msteitle@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 5:27
PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight -
Velocity N17010
Chris,
When you think about it, every landing is a potential crash scene.
Its our job to see that nobody gets hurt and the airplane is still
usable after every landing.
Mark
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wrote:
Same goofy grin when you realize you are on the ground safely. As
a cop, this is a potential crash scene I am happy not to be the very
"first responder"
Sent from my iPhone 4
Chris, Congratulations on your
first flight. The excitement quotient has to be right up there with
the first solo, if not more. John
Overman
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