> "It was a Sonex with an AeroVee VW engine, not sure what the root cause of
> the failure was."
You've stated the cause. Traditionally AeroVee was dune buggy territory. They
may have improved.
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MTBF?
To my knowledge the forged German cranks used in GP's engines have never
suffered a crank failure. If someone can correct me I'd appreciate it.
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That sure is a long prop extension! This certainly didn't help the life
of the crankshaft, and my bet is what was primarily responsible for the
departure of the prop. 20-20 hindsight is always pretty good though.
In other news, I've finished rebuilding the two cylinder heads from
N891JF (with
It was a Sonex with an AeroVee VW engine, not sure what the root cause of the failure was.Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 3, 2024, at 12:09 PM, Dr. Feng Hsu via KRnet wrote:He and his friend certainly are the luckiest guys on the planet! He didn't say what kind of aircraft he bought, or the kind of en
He and his friend certainly are the luckiest guys on the planet! He didn't
say what kind of aircraft he bought, or the kind of engine installed?! Hope
it wasn't the KR type or the VW engine!!
vr,
Dr. Hsu
On Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 4:58 PM Chris Prata via KRnet
wrote:
> this is interesting, cra
Watching the video ot was a red bling AV hub. The force 1 and equivalents
are bulletproof when matched with a forged crank.
Matt
On Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 10:21 AM Myron Freeman via KRnet
wrote:
> I'm curious as to whether his engine had a Force One front bearing?
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 11:09 AM
I'm curious as to whether his engine had a Force One front bearing?
On Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 11:09 AM Larry Flesner via KRnet
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> On 3/3/2024 6:47 AM, dee david via KRnet wrote:
> > Unfortunately, it is like any mechanical device. It has an MTBF(mean
> > time between failure)
>
>
> ++
On 3/3/2024 6:47 AM, dee david via KRnet wrote:
Unfortunately, it is like any mechanical device. It has an MTBF(mean
time between failure)
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In my 33+ year Service Technician career with Xerox I worked as a
liaison b
Unfortunately, it is like any mechanical device. It has an MTBF and exists
somewhere on the 6 Sigma
(acceptable range - bin). You are going to get devices that appear like
they will last forever and some that fail immediately.
All has to do with where they are on the production curve - namely Six
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