Flying Norton's .

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Flying Norton's .

Postby Matt Spencer » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:02 am

Aircraft Engines . Should fit , lend me a crow bar . :shock:

The first to be cirtificated was the NR642 , a heavy duty versionof a basic twin rotor type with helecal reduction gearbox .
Rateing is 90 hp, and weight, complete with water cooling for the housing and a large exhaust ejector to cool the rotor ,
is 64 kg (140lb).

The slightly smaller NR 622, of 588 cc ( 35.9cu in ), has a rateing of 82 hp at 7.500 rpm and with 0.5 or 0.33 geared drive weighs 52 kg (115 lb 0 .

The NR 602 is basically a 622 with direct drive , reduceing weight to 48kg (105 lb ).

The NR 801 is a direct- drive single - rotor engine with liquid cooled housings , rated at 52 hp at 7.500 rpm and weighing 22.7 kg ( 50 lb ) .

The remarkable NR 731 is claimed to be the lightest RC engine in the world and to have the higest ratio of power to weight .
A single rotor engine with air cooling throughout , it has a width of 236 mm (9.3 in ) lenght of 188 mm (7.4 in ) and weight in running order of only 10 kg (22 lb ) , yet output at 7.500 rpm is 38 hp . Chamber capacity is 208 cc ( 12.7 cu in )

By Golly , you have to put it in a motorcycle sideways though . :)


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Re: Flying Norton's .

Postby hobot » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:27 am

More on flying Norton power

http://www.rotaryownersclub.co.uk/norto ... rcraft.htm
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http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/re ... d=6961699#

http://www.nortonownersclub.org/history/rotary
Some of the detail developments are interesting to recall. For example, it was found that the forged steel rotor shaft journal diameters, which are casehardened, grew in diameter during the first few hours of use due to the high temperatures developed in these early engines. It was only after a cryogenic treatment was introduced into the production process that this problem was overcome.


http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co. ... php?t=1954
In race-bike tune, the Norton engine is expected to produce around 210bhp. Compared to the Midwest, the new engine has a larger volume, a higher rev limit and the benefit of research; and I estimate that, detuned for aviation, it could produce between 120 and 150bhp.
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