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Old 01-12-2003, 06:56 PM
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Re: Re: Wet Sump

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Originally posted by oab_au


Only have flowen on two wheels. What happens when you tip it on it's side, and centrifugal force demishes to let the oil drop down the cylinders, to fill the undersides of the pistons?

Harvey.
My guess is that the only time that would be a problem would by in flying upside-down. Centrifugal force will do that same thing on our engines during hard cornering, such as on a skidpad. Most of the time that a plane is banking, centrifigal force overcomes gravity to keep the oil right where it should be. At least that's what I would think to be true.
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