Hi Tracy, if you haven’t already heard it on the blog … my
homebuilt made its first flight with the 13B, on Saturday, Nov 29. The engine
and PSRU performed flawlessly … except the water temperature reached 230F, oil
was only 160F … after reading Ed’s email I now know why … I used a non-Mazda
thermostat and removed the bypass plug, which I thought was correct … it is
only correct if you have the original one … any other thermostat and the bypass
is supposed to be plugged.
Jeff Whaley
From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 9:03 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flight Authority for another Rotary
Way to Jeff. As we all
know here, actually finishing a flying machine, especially with an alternative
engine is a monumental task. You have passed the perseverance test!
Be careful and let us know how flight testing goes.
Tracy
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Jeff Whaley <jwhaley@datacast.com> wrote:
Ed, Cary, Tracy and others … I
received my Flight Authority last night in the mail. Another
rotary-powered machine is set to go … delayed by one week due to deer hunting
and then the daunting task of begging for a test pilot. Next update after first
flight.
Jeff Whaley