Thanks, I really ran into my ignorance on this one. But it is
interesting. I suppose I should send off the e shaft for balancing
first and then the assembled engine later. In balancing the rotor,
what does one do about the various amounts of oil it contains? Jerry
I have no idea how to go about balancing a single rotor. Would it
be accomplished by adding more balance weights to the e-shaft. How
would one do this? Is it done while the e-shaft is balanced
between two knife edges. Perhaps my question reveal that I am
missing the point altogether. ???????? Jerry
Knife edges give you static balance only.
It is not easy Jerry. You need to know exactly where the center of
mass is
in a counter weight. In other words how far the counter weight is
from the center of the
rotor along the axis of the e-shaft. Perhaps the easy thing is to
send it
to a guy here in So Cal that balances rotary engines
and then copy exactly what he comes up with. Call Mazdatrix for the
name of the guy they use.
http://www.balancemaster.com/Balancing_explained.htm
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Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
Thanks, I really ran into my ignorance on this one. But it is
interesting. I suppose I should send off the e shaft for balancing
first and then the assembled engine later. In balancing the rotor,
what does one do about the various amounts of oil it contains? Jerry
There is a difference of opinion on how much oil should be in the rotor.
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Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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