Your Canadian Correspondent,
Don
Garry Whitman wrote:
>
> Jerry thanks for the info.
> Here are several items for your perusal. Please feel free to comment or
> correct!
> In the March, April, and May 1979 issues of Glider Rider Magazine is an
> article co-authored by me showing FREE detailed plans of an invention
> modified by me so that hundreds of other people could build a high tech
> machine using spit, bubble gum, and junk yard parts. A similar article
> detailing hundreds of hours of research appeared in the May 1983 issue of
> Hang Gliding Magazine. I enjoy developing ideas and making them
> available to all at no cost. Input from any source is welcome.
> The following are the engine specs from the past KeelyNet postings. 350
> H.P. 300 Degree operating temp. 200 Lb. Wt. 1800 RPM 8 Gallons Mazola oil
> My intention is to build a stationary version to power a generator so the
> 1800 RPM is perfect. The following are assumptions, estimates, and guesses.
> 8 gallons of oil weighs about 60 Lb. An auto starter circa (1972) weighed
> about 20 Lb. A 26 G.P.M. @ 1800 RPM @ 4000 PSI hydraulic pump weighs about
> 34 Lb. So... that leaves a maximum of 80 Lb. for the stripped engine. The
> article claims off the shelf hardware so a couple of Grainger 1.5" bearings
> knocks off another 11 Lb. Throw in a hydraulic coupling and the engine
> case which has to enclose the oil, the cone and some air, as well as
> support the torque of 350 H.P. and this doesn't look like a very big
> engine. A steel box large enough to enclose the oil and the same amount of
> air made of 14 gauge sheet weighs in at over 70 Lb. This is really a wild
> guess here but it looks like the rotor might have fit into a 1 foot cube.
> Apparently someone has had some contact with Richard Clem's relatives. If
> you know for sure that they don't wish to be bothered then I won't try to
> find them. However if that's not the case I will find them and see if they
> can or will help.
> You wrote
> > perhaps some of us could send you some bucks to help,..
> Thanks, But this is a hobby and it's cheaper than most.
>
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