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Re: [FlyRotary] Break In
Period?
When I first start an engine I run
it just long enough to set the timing and then I point it down the
runway, throttle it up to 6500 rpm and takeoff, the second takeoff is
usually off water at 7000 rpm and with nitrous.
Ken
I have a
friend who bought a new engine form "Hayes Rotary" up here in
Redmond, WA. These guys are very knowledgeable guys. They
told him to keep the RPM's under 4000 for the first 1,000 - 1,500
miles to allow the engine to "break in".
I've never
heard of this for rotaries. That represents about 20 hrs of running
before first take-off in an airplane (assuming more than idle
RPM).
Is this
needed?
Joe
Hull
Bellevue,
WA
Cozy MK
IV
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