X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-gx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.217.227] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3902703 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:41:58 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.217.227; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by gxk27 with SMTP id 27so791878gxk.7 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:41:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:references; bh=eC3uZB/EpOEDS36OBsRAXV27/zJm61EsHvlezGFI4n0=; b=Kyir+cgvvTWwSldoCafOh1+e/E5rQtjCRAY5CaPw8aF9+2OqrW3voUyy2VXFB0Q4fy Qf+9vP/Nq/DBfrF8oGn0U8qw24IlIDF1rzCnR+eDuZtfwaUZwSP5TNySLce1SOSJ19C2 YfaRxBVtXsMquopmLpVnjP7VO3t6lMssINuD8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date :references; b=Z6qSbj5QNoKgNQjh7jaWX4jfxWIATzxjhnLwzI9y6wjai6V7Gp2AHYzGqt7YShtR6F l7fxkYtgRZQ091MP2VH9BjiRp3Du+XnhcVhBrtDcbNio2MlDyeMa2wnTNnPP1xnrW6TH fIORsKEm5oF/lzn64lQsvk1E7/ZI0Kj2bPRm8= Received: by 10.101.175.1 with SMTP id c1mr170467anp.67.1256740882627; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from ?128.62.155.137? (wireless-128-62-155-137.public.utexas.edu [128.62.155.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm454357yxg.42.2009.10.28.07.41.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Mark To: Rotary motors in aircraft In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--739181183 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7D11) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7D11) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fwd: BBQ in Llano Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:41:32 -0500 References: --Apple-Mail-1--739181183 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A few more minutes and you could have taken Ed's plaque. Glad everything worked out OK. Personally, I'll stick with regular hose clamps. Mark Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Tracy Crook wrote: > Really neat to see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark. > > Tried to make the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in > Alabama) but about 80 miles out from Shady Bend the autopilot banks > the airplane hard left and stayed there for 180 degrees. I hit the > disengage switch and it let me be PIC again. Then I notice the > message "GPS FAILED" on the Bluemountain screen. I had my Garmin > GPS on board for backup but now I had no confidence in my instrument > panel so just stayed on heading back home. I cycled power on the BM > and it booted up OK & was fine all the way back. > > Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the > upper part to see what's up. Source of leak was the lower hose > connection to water pump. I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink > clamps which I like a lot. This one was about 6 inches away from > the exhaust collector pipe which I thought was far enough but the > radiated heat from the glowing pipe was apparently absorbed very > well by the black clamp. It had melted about 95% of its length at > the point directly faceing the exhaust pipe and was barely holding > on. Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shielded from radiated > exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches. > > Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was > it smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and > turn me back toward home :>) > > Tracy > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle > wrote: > Hey Guys, > > To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a picture of > our BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09). Three of > the four a/c are rotary-powered. How's that for a change? It was a > great day to fly... cool, calm, & clear. This is what its all about. > > The a/c are: > Foreground - My Lancair ES - 20B > 2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged Renesis > 3rd - RV-6 - Lycosarus > 4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - N/A Renesis > > Keep building, > Mark S. > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > --Apple-Mail-1--739181183 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A few more minutes and you could = have taken Ed's plaque.  Glad everything worked out OK. =  Personally, I'll stick with regular hose = clamps.
Mark

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct = 28, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Tracy Crook <tracy@rotaryaviation.com> = wrote:

Really = neat to see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark.

Tried to make = the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in Alabama) but about 80 = miles out from Shady Bend the autopilot banks the airplane hard left and = stayed there for 180 degrees.  I hit the disengage switch and it = let me be PIC again.  Then I notice the message "GPS FAILED" on the = Bluemountain screen.  I had my Garmin GPS on board for backup but = now I had no confidence in my instrument panel so just stayed on heading = back home.  I cycled power on the BM and it booted up OK & was = fine all the way back. 

Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the = upper part to see what's up.  Source of leak was the lower hose = connection to water pump.  I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink = clamps which I like a lot.   This one was about 6  inches = away from the exhaust collector pipe which I thought was far enough but = the radiated heat from the glowing pipe was apparently absorbed very = well by the black clamp.   It had melted about 95% of its length at = the point directly faceing the exhaust pipe and was barely holding on. =   Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shielded from radiated = exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches.

Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was = it smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and turn = me back toward home :>)

Tracy

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle = <msteitle@gmail.com> = wrote:
Hey Guys,
 
To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a picture = of our BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09).  = Three of the four a/c are rotary-powered.  How's that for a = change?  It was a great day to fly... cool, calm, & = clear.  This is what its all about.
 
The a/c are:
    Foreground - My Lancair ES - 20B
    2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged = Renesis
    3rd - RV-6 - Lycosarus
    4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - N/A = Renesis
 
Keep building,
Mark S.









Sent from my = iPhone


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