Fred Osborn wrote:

Fred Osborn wrote:

I was about to start fab on an oil pan for a single rotor
when it occurred to me that there might be some engine
mounting or cooling system advantages to a dry sump system.
I'm not interested in negative G aerobatics nor do I know if
a dry sump 6.5B in a light aircraft makes any sense at all.
Could the group provide some collective wisdom (or caustic
comments) before I go galloping off in all directions.

Totally unnecessary Fred. The rotary is intrinsically a dry sump
engine sort of. The only justification I can see is if you
were doing an aluminum front housing such as Richard Sohn and others
are working on. Then it might be easier to use an external oil pump.

Paul Lamar
 
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