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1. 05:43 AM - Re: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/16/06 (Tew, Stan)
2. 06:07 AM - [Fw: Europa-List: coolant issues?] (Gilles Thesee)
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--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Tew, Stan" <Stan.Tew@revenue.alabama.gov>
Guy,
Sorry I left out some of the details. The engine is a Mod 99 (Blue Head)
582 with 'E' box with 3:1 ratio. The plane is a Model II Kitfox that was
completed in 1996. I have the prop angle set at 10.5 to play around at
home and 11.0 degrees when I want to do cross country. The Model II has
a very STOL wing and my cruise is about 70 mph but I can push it to 95
wide open. With the prop at 10.5 I turn about 6200 at full power
take-off and up to 6800 to go to VNE. I estimate my climb rate at 750
fpm. I live in Montgomery AL where my field elevation is 200'.
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1. 08:07 AM - Re: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/14/06
(Tew, Stan)
2. 08:41 AM - Kitfox Numbers (Guy Buchanan)
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Subject: RotaxEngines-List: RE: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs -
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From: "Tew, Stan" <Stan.Tew@revenue.alabama.gov>
--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Tew, Stan"
<Stan.Tew@revenue.alabama.gov>
I have been running a 69" with 3 standard shaped blades on my 582 in
Kitfox for several years. In fact, this is the 2nd engine the prop has
been mounted on. I find it works great except that the mass moment
forces a high idle speed to reduce vibration.
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1. 09:54 AM - Warp Drive Hub (Guy Buchanan)
2. 10:47 AM - Re: Warp Drive Hub (Duncan & Ami McFadyean)
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From: Guy Buchanan <bnn@nethere.com>
Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub
--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan <bnn@nethere.com>
All,
Donny, one of the locals, suggested that I was over-propped and
that was why my performance was off. (I'm running a 70" Warp 3-blade on
my
Rotax 582 with a 3:1 "C" box.) He suggested I go to two blades, or
change
the ratio to 3.47:1. Toward that end, I'm looking to see if anyone has a
Warp two blade hub or some 3.47:1 "C" box gears that I might
beg/borrow/buy.
Thanks,
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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Time: 10:47:59 AM PST US
From: "Duncan & Ami McFadyean" <ami@MCFADYEAN.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub
--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Duncan & Ami McFadyean"
<ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Not sure what aircraft you're using this on, but by way of comparison I
have
seen a 72" 3-blade Warp Drive used with 582 and C-box (3:1) on an Avid
Speedwind. It worked well.
The difference may have been in the backtaper on hte blades, which was
fairly extreme such that the chord length at hte tip was only about 1".
However, Warp Drive themselves set this up. So it might be worthwhile
asking
them.
Duncan McF.
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From: "Guy Buchanan" <bnn@nethere.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub
> --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan
<bnn@nethere.com>
>
> All,
> Donny, one of the locals, suggested that I was over-propped
and
> that was why my performance was off. (I'm running a 70" Warp 3-blade
on my
> Rotax 582 with a 3:1 "C" box.) He suggested I go to two blades, or
change
> the ratio to 3.47:1. Toward that end, I'm looking to see if anyone has
a
> Warp two blade hub or some 3.47:1 "C" box gears that I might
> beg/borrow/buy.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Guy Buchanan
> K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
>
>
>
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Time: 08:41:47 AM PST US
From: Guy Buchanan <bnn@nethere.com>
Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Kitfox Numbers
--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan <bnn@nethere.com>
At 08:06 AM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
>I have been running a 69" with 3 standard shaped blades on my 582 in
>Kitfox for several years.
Stan. What tip angle are you using? What are your wide-open and cruise
speeds? What is your climb rate? What model Kitfox is it?
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Gilles Thesee <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
Hi all,
To whom it may concern. Here is a message from the Europa List.
An aircraft manufacturer jus issued an AD demanding that any Evans
water-free glycol coolant be removed from Rotax engines, due to fire hazard.
Here is a link to the AD :
http://www.stemme.de/daten/d/service/a3110076_01a_easa_ad.pdf
FWIW,
Regards,
Gilles Thesee
Grenoble, France
http://contrails.free.fr
Has anyone hear of issues with the new coolant being used in Rotax 914s?
This is part of a message I received from a fellow Europa pilot.
"...I just heard today that the new waterless fluid is flammable. I saw
it burn today/ Stemme has issued an urgent SB to remove the stuff - I
heard 2 fatalities of coolant leak catching fire. The 50 - 50 solution
will not burn. Oh well! Have you heard anything about this? I also
discovered that the 100% solution of antifreeze burns too..."
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