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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: It runs!
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:19:10 -0400
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: It runs!


> Al Gietzen wrote:
>
>>I'd say get a prop load on there, and adjust mixture, get some readout of
>>what's going on.  I don't think you necessarily want the thing spinning 
>>over
>>6000 on first startup anyway.
>>
>
> Way ta' go, Bob.  Several people have given the advice to put a load on 
> the engine, but if you're buying parts as you progress (like me) you may 
> not have a prop yet.  A 4ft section of wooden fence post will make a nice, 
> disposable load though.
>

Good idea, Ernest.  However, without an airfoil cut into the fence post, its 
not going to impose much load - some resistance for sure, as it spins 
through the air, some additional inertia - but little load - compared to a 
prop.

Ed