HELP: Need Facts About Apex Seals
01-05-07, 07:24 PM
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HELP: Need Facts About Apex Seals
Is it true that apex seals from rotaryaviation.com wear out rotor housings faster than apex seals from let's say atkinsrotary.com? Does anyone know the comparison between rotaryaviation.com's apex seals, atkinsrotary.com's apex seals and good old OEM apex seals? Thanks a bunch beforehand for the help guys....
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01-05-07, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
Basically, like this:
Soft - Atkins
Normal - OEM
Hard - Rotary Aviation
Rotor housing will wear no matter what, its the nature of the game. However, harder seals cause increased wear over softer seals (as one would expect).
Soft - Atkins
Normal - OEM
Hard - Rotary Aviation
Rotor housing will wear no matter what, its the nature of the game. However, harder seals cause increased wear over softer seals (as one would expect).
This is slightly different than with cars. eg. rebuild after it overheats and leaves you stranded.
Airplanes stranded due to engine failure usually don't have the opportunity for a rebuild.
01-06-07, 02:01 AM
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jkstill...nice humor ... you are correct though, there's mandatory inspection every certain # of hours (depends on the type of craft)...maybe we should start using something similar for our cars eh?
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