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Post  WingingIt74 Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:56 am

On any engine that has the Killer Bee crank, they have the larger drive plate. Any one know the reason why, over the regular drive plate?
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Post  WingingIt74 Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:04 pm

Anybody?
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Post  Cox International Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:34 pm

There may be an argument made in regards to inherent mass and the resulting quasi-flywheel effect but, personally, I would think aesthetics are at the forefront here.

Plus, we can charge more for those lol!
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Post  Admin Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:32 pm

It could have something to do with how their machinery was set up. The thicker zero drag plates used on engines like the Killer Bee/Venom appear to be snap starter hex plates with the hex removed. I believe that most of their bee engines used the hex plates since the mid-late 1980s.

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Post  WingingIt74 Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:33 am

Hmmmm..... that could be the best explanation yet Huh...
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Post  ian1954 Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:56 am

A lot of old engines used this plate as a means of increasing the weight of an engine, particularly if lighter than the norm. So that if it replaced and engine of lesser performance, the aircraft would not need rebalancing.
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