Originally Posted by
jrevens
Sorry to hear of your mishap Larry, but glad the Luga is working out. Hal is definitely a good man! I guess the balance ring doesn’t have enough mass to be detrimental to the engine/gearbox? Just thinking of the angular momentum and Rotax’s limit. What does it weigh? It’s probably not an issue... just curious. As an aside, I haven’t been real impressed with some other possibly similar units used with Lycomings, based on what I would see when checking the balance. There was frequently (like at every engine start) a period of more imbalance until things settled down. I figured that the total wear & tear on an engine over an extended period of time might be greater with the ring than without (with a good dynamic balance job). It’s like comparing apples to oranges though when we’re talking about Lycoming vs Rotax. Your experience sounds really good.