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English R12 Handbook
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English R12 Handbook
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- Luigi bmwR68
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So there was a oil filter of
Did they also use slingers of some type? Why did they stop using filters by the time the /2 came along?
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The R51/2 had slingers. And
In the case of design changes, the early days of airplanes were not designed with structural elements that could last thousands and thousands of hours. So, while parts had to be strong, they didn't need durability since the aircraft were prone to breaking/crashing long before that.
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
"aircraft were prone to
I found this to be funny...but so true. those were the days.
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The R12 has ball bearing
The R12 has ball bearing mains and roller bearing big ends, an oil feed supplies each main bearing and the big end bearing via drilling’s in the crank. The main oil feed pipe also feeds the timing chain gear and a fourth outlet goes into the filter. The filter can in theory get 25% of the oil flow. So all oil should eventually flow through the filter.
This drawing shows the detail.
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