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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: It runs!
Al Gietzen wrote:
I'd say get a prop load on there, and adjust mixture, get some readout of
what's going on. I don't think you necessarily want the thing spinning over
6000 on first startup anyway.
Way ta' go, Bob. Several people have given the advice to put a load on the engine, but if you're buying parts as you progress (like me) you may not have a prop yet. A 4ft section of wooden fence post will make a nice, disposable load though.
Good idea, Ernest. However, without an airfoil cut into the fence post, its not going to impose much load - some resistance for sure, as it spins through the air, some additional inertia - but little load - compared to a prop.
Ed
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