---------------------------------------------------------- RotaxEngines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 10/17/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:43:09 AM PST US Subject: RotaxEngines-List: RE: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/16/06 From: "Tew, Stan" --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Tew, Stan" 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'. -----Original Message----- From: owner-rotaxengines-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rotaxengines-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of RotaxEngines-List Digest Server Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:57 AM Subject: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/16/06 * ================================================= Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive ================================================= Today's complete RotaxEngines-List Digest can also be found in either of the two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes and Message Navigation. 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HTML Version: http://www.matronics.com/digest/rotaxengines-list/Digest.RotaxEngines-Li st.2006-10-16.html Text Version: http://www.matronics.com/digest/rotaxengines-list/Digest.RotaxEngines-Li st.2006-10-16.txt =============================================== EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive =============================================== ---------------------------------------------------------- RotaxEngines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/16/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:07 AM - Re: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/14/06 (Tew, Stan) 2. 08:41 AM - Kitfox Numbers (Guy Buchanan) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:07:33 AM PST US Subject: RotaxEngines-List: RE: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/14/06 From: "Tew, Stan" --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Tew, Stan" 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. -----Original Message----- From: owner-rotaxengines-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rotaxengines-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of RotaxEngines-List Digest Server Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:57 AM Subject: RotaxEngines-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 10/14/06 * ================================================ Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive ================================================ Today's complete RotaxEngines-List Digest can also be found in either of the two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes and Message Navigation. The .txt file includes the plain ASCII version of the RotaxEngines-List Digest and can be viewed with a generic text editor such as Notepad or with a web browser. HTML Version: http://www.matronics.com/digest/rotaxengines-list/Digest.RotaxEngines-Li st.2006-10-14.html Text Version: http://www.matronics.com/digest/rotaxengines-list/Digest.RotaxEngines-Li st.2006-10-14.txt ============================================== EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive ============================================== ---------------------------------------------------------- RotaxEngines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 10/14/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:54 AM - Warp Drive Hub (Guy Buchanan) 2. 10:47 AM - Re: Warp Drive Hub (Duncan & Ami McFadyean) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:54:10 AM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan 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. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:47:59 AM PST US From: "Duncan & Ami McFadyean" Subject: Re: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Duncan & Ami McFadyean" 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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Buchanan" Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:53 PM Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Warp Drive Hub > --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan > > 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. > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:41:47 AM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Kitfox Numbers --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan 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. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:07:55 AM PST US From: Gilles Thesee Subject: RotaxEngines-List: [Fwd: Europa-List: coolant issues?] --> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: Gilles Thesee 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..."