Sideways engine?
Dean Pappas
d.pappas at kodeos.com
Tue Jan 13 13:12:18 AKST 2004
Does anyone sell the Saturn kit anymore?
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From: Woodward James R Civ 412 TW/DRP [mailto:James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:23 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: Sideways engine?
I think Ron Ellis flew Sam Turners first Saturn with the ST2300 positioned at the 07:30 spot, and original muffler down the center.
Jim W.
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From: John Ferrell [mailto:johnferrell at earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:19 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Sideways engine?
That makes sense to me. I am really surprised that the question did not get a bigger response though.
I am way too lazy to conduct any testing on my own. I probably lack the skill necessary to discern the difference any way.
John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
Phone: (336)685-9606
johnferrell at earthlink.net
http://DixieNC.US
NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW
"My Competition is Not My Enemy"
----- Original Message -----
From: george kennie <mailto:geobet at gis.net>
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Sideways engine?
John,
I'm not sure if I'm right on this, but I think that I would like to have all that Mass(bulk & weight of the engine head) located on the centerline of the aircraft.I think that all that off-center mass could produce some unexpected and unwanted effects during snap type maneuvers(and probably others) where radical changes in aircraft speed differentials might magnify the off-center forces in a detrimental way causing exagerated pitch and roll responces making control during certain maneuvers difficult to compensate for. I don't have any empirical data to back any of this up, but it just doesn't feel right to me.
Georgie
John Ferrell wrote:
>From Eric's recent post on another topic:Mounts his engine sideways> Uses a more regular header etc.I have forgotten what the advantages are to inverted engine mounting. Like the matter of retracts which seems to have become a personal choice, I wonder if it really matters to the flying characteristics. An engine on its side is more tolerant of flooding, easier the plumb the exhaust, easier to connect/disconnect the glow plug. I expect that it would spin & snap differently depending on direction, but that seems to be the norm with the engine inverted too. John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
Phone: (336)685-9606
johnferrell at earthlink.net
http://DixieNC.US
NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW
"My Competition is Not My Enemy"
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