CorvAircraft> 5th bearing

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

I think we enjoy reinventing wheels, else we would wait for WW's design.

Dave Morris

At 08:08 PM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
>You don't have to reinvent the wheel here guys.  I wrote earlier that
>the Rotary guys have went through all of the bearing selection stuff
>before.  If you are going to build a 5th bearing from scratch use some
>of their work and make your life easier.
>
>Tracy Crook has some detailed information on his web site concerning
>bearing loads, rpm, life expectancy, etc.  They are dealing with some
>engine rpms in the 7,000 range.  Tracys PSRU would be a shoo in for the
>Corvair and he uses an isolation dampener .  Ratios of the gear clusters
>can start as low as near 1.85:1 iirc.
>
>Here is Tracys web site:  http://www.rotaryaviation.com/
>
>Kevin Jarvis
>
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