Hi Jeff I have gone through the manual as well as viewed the DVD that comes with the motor but there is definately no external seal on the aerovee motor. Regards Dene Collett KR2SRT builder South africa Whisper assembler See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <jscott.pi...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 23:55 Subject: Re: KR> aerovee question > Dene, > > That is the problem. Several Prop Hubs eliminate the "screw" seal and > have a rubber seal added externally to the case. Often times they leak. > > Jeff Scott > > On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:41:06 +0200 "AVLEC" <av...@telkomsa.net> writes: > > William > > The type 1 motor does not have a seal at that end of the motor. It > > has an > > internal slinger. The pulley (in this case the prop hub) also has a > > shallow > > screw thread cut into it that "pumps" the oil back into the motor > > much like > > an archemedes screw pump. > > Regards > > Dene Collett > > KR2SRT builder > > South africa > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
