X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5091921 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:21:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.52; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so3251167fxd.25 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=IRZOD5REC+/1DhDRw/ewNpxaG4P1DhawsSbpFutMS1Q=; b=mdBI5bR4ieDlGyUQgfYKb3MzkUhL7AvQ1BCJxQM9mv3EOct26e6d/CXOYvbpXAQIHE OOz95TXykt3p8rCrKpYebPGxiiKkH7XiPaWGs0+LpOxTPvFggtUi5/LAl7sqlHpjQckX 8KvOvzwABpio0y8XlMmv7i8apLbjh62Q+yVX8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.106.204 with SMTP id y12mr1500476fao.49.1313364037191; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.16 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:20:37 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: First flight with new Flywheel From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d27ca2e5c97804aa7f6405 --0016e6d27ca2e5c97804aa7f6405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I finally took the new flywheel and silicone dampers out for a flight today. I was hoping for a slight improvement in idle and/or smoothness with the little bit of extra weight in the flywheel, but I guess 4 lbs is just not enough to make much of a difference. I flew around for about an hour and got the RPM up to 7000 and MAP up to 40 in., and loading the plane to 4G (thinking about gyroscopic forces) without any noticeable change in the way the engine sounded or ran. Everything look ship-shape on a post-flight examination. This is the ACT flywheel that Kelly found for us. Looks bulletproof compared to a flex plate. Next project, finish installing the ADI system. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net --0016e6d27ca2e5c97804aa7f6405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I finally took the new flywheel and silicone dampers out for a flight today= . =A0I was hoping for a slight improvement in idle and/or smoothness with t= he little bit of extra weight in the flywheel, but I guess 4 lbs is just no= t enough to make much of a difference. =A0I flew around for about an hour a= nd got the RPM up to 7000 and MAP up to 40 in., and loading the plane to 4G= (thinking about gyroscopic forces) without any=A0noticeable=A0change in th= e way the engine sounded or ran. =A0Everything look ship-shape on a post-fl= ight examination.

This is the ACT flywheel that Kelly found for us. =A0Looks b= ulletproof compared to a flex plate.

Next project,= finish installing the ADI system.

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David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
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