very slightly. Should a failure occur that shuts down both plugs in one
housing, the engine will last only a few seconds at full power.
The shaking will fail rotor gear teeth or stationary gear teeth.
Is that what you wanted to know?

Lynn E. Hanover

I blew up the rear rotor in a turbo car.  I was able to keep
the engine running on one rotor (I knew if I let it die it would
not restart).  I drove it that way 30 miles, it got me home.
Of course not at full power.

--
Perry Mick
Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

Was it ignition failure that caused this Perry? Did you take
that engine apart? Were the rotor or stator gears failed? Hard to imagine >the engine
still running with blown phasing gears.

Paul Lamar

Must have been detonation.  I hit it pretty hard one
morning on the way home from the airport when the engine
was cold and suddenly it lost power big time.

I took the rear side housing off, in an attempt to overhaul
it.  One apex seal was shattered and the pieces had damaged
the rotor and rotor housing.  It could be a second apex seal
was also damaged, can't remember.  No gears were damaged.
But when you lose one apex seal you lose 2/3 of the rotor.
When I added up the cost of parts for overhaul it was cheaper
to just use it as a core for exchange, so I just put it back
together and traded it in.
Perry Mick

 
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