X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from pacmmta52.windstream.net ([162.39.147.111] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0c1) with ESMTP id 5746868 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:10:52 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=162.39.147.111; envelope-from=jskmberki@windstream.net Return-Path: X-WS-COS: WSOB804 X-Cloudmark-Category: Undefined:Undefined X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=hr4h1/zkXYERSJ2EStLXlJ9v/X1e5ATtVUFVM9Abuxk= c=1 sm=0 a=UT_QgiwtmQIA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=HZJGGiqLAAAA:8 a=MfRSBAP5AAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=AYF2x-pXKEjlgz7wjuUA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=B2VOHNw8DL4A:10 a=HeoGohOdMD0A:10 a=pY60LD2uhRMA:10 a=A2hAfnHGXBZfwCRonboBbw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Authentication-Results: pacmmta52 smtp.user=jskmberki@windstream.net; auth=pass (PLAIN) Received: from [174.231.5.199] ([174.231.5.199:50255] helo=[10.238.100.25]) by pacmmta52 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.47 r(39824M)) with ESMTPA id 73/27-06055-88678405; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:10:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Running again References: From: My Email Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <0C218167-4656-48F6-A1A1-03C4BE72C653@windstream.net> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:10:12 -0400 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Ernest, Glad to see that you are back on track! Joe Berki Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Ernest Christley wrote: >=20 >=20 > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Running again > From: Ernest Christley > To: flyrotary@lanceaironline.net > CC:=20 >=20 > I had pulled the engine to attempt to cap off an oil leak that seemed to o= riginate from between the engine and mount plate. Got it back together and f= ired up tonight. >=20 > +1 for GE 100% Silicone Caulking. It appears that the sealant I used befo= re had blown out. I applied a thick bead of the caulk when reinstalling the m= uffler. I was surprised by how quiet and smooth the engine ran. The quiet m= akes sense, but I'm not sure what would have changed to make it run smoother= . =20 >=20 > I did change the oil, switching from 10W30 to straight 30W. And I switche= d to a different coil pack. Whatever it is, I'm happy to have it running so= smoothly. >=20 > Now I can continue tuning. My mixture-less control is working better than= it has any right to. The AN tuning is almost complete. Plotting throttle p= osition against RPM produces a clean line from the bottom left to top right,= with just some flattening of the curve at the top. I'll clean that up, but= the next big job is to incorporate an SD tune to account for baromtric chan= ges. >=20 > It's starting to get fun now. >=20 > =20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List= .html