Return-Path: Received: from [65.54.169.86] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b3) with ESMTP id 3224316 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 10 May 2004 09:34:19 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 10 May 2004 06:34:16 -0700 Received: from 4.174.1.43 by bay3-dav56.adinternal.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:34:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [4.174.1.43] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: What should you expect was : first flightTracy's old prop. Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 09:34:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0002_01C43671.F637E880" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2004 13:34:16.0486 (UTC) FILETIME=[7D61A460:01C43693] ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C43671.F637E880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Rusty.....I do not have a prop installed, as it would blow everything= out of the garage. I have had the engine up to around 4500 rpm at aroun= d 1/3 to 1/2 throttle, but that's without the load from a prop. I am hopi= ng to get the airplane to the airport in the next week or two and install= the prop, then see what kind of run-up rpm's I get. I talked to the guy= who sells the new Mistral rotary engine, and he said that my intake is v= ery similar to what they were using. They are presently changing it to r= elocate the injectors very close to the intake of the engine, however it = will still have the wrap-around intake like we have with the throttlebody= on the cold side of the engine. I have a picture that he sent to me if = you are interested. Paul Conner Paul, I hope you are only just guessing that the engine was at 1/3 - 1/2 = throttle at 4500 rpm & no load. If running well, the engine should just= about destroy itself at > 10,000 rpm with no load. Did you happen to no= tice the manifold pressure? I'd guess that it would be at about the same= as idle (12 - 13 " Hg) with no load. Tracy ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C43671.F637E880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Hi, Rusty.= ...I do not have a prop installed, as it would blow everything out of th= e garage. I have had the engine up to around 4500 rpm at around 1/3= to 1/2 throttle, but that's without the load from a prop. I am hoping to= get the airplane to the airport in the next week or two and install the = prop, then see what kind of run-up rpm's I get. I talked to the guy= who sells the new Mistral rotary engine, and he said that my intake is v= ery similar to what they were using. They are presently changing it= to relocate the injectors very close to the intake of the engine, howeve= r it will still have the wrap-around intake like we have with the throttl= ebody on the cold side of the engine. I have a picture that he sent= to me if you are interested. Paul Conner

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Paul, I hope you are only just guessing that the engine = was at 1/3 - 1/2 throttle at 4500 rpm & no load. If runni= ng well, the engine should just about destroy itself at > 10,000 rpm w= ith no load. Did you happen to notice the manifold pressure? = I'd guess that it would be at about the same as idle (12 - 13 " Hg) with = no load.

Tracy

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