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ADK wrote:
> IF you had to design a PSRU, to drive a pusher propellor via shaft, what
> would your experience dictate? Thinking along the lines of a gearbelt, chain
> or gear. Please, I'd appreciate the collective experience available on
> this group. I've decided on the aircraft, but want to make it the most
> reliable and safest it can be.
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> "ADK" <aklettke@okanagan.net> wrote in message
> news:X6TXf.28774$%H.11944@clgrps13...
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>>This is probably going to open old wounds. What I'd like is
>>experienced input on the advantages, for economic, efficiency and
>>longevity etc. of different types of redrives.
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>>I'm leaning towards a cog-belt reducer in a 6 cylinder, liquid cooled,
>>configuration driving a long drive shaft to the prop.
>>
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The collective experience is zilch = nada = squat = undefined.
THAT is what everybody had been trying to tell you.
Wait a second. Look around the airport.
How many shaft driven propellers do you see?
Have you ever seen?
If you are heart set on doing it, I sincerely wish you luck.
But I cannot offer any further advice - 'cuz they ain't none...
Richard
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Re: PSRU design advantages
