Smart thing to do, Bill. If I had done
the same when things were not right after a rebuild, I would have saved myself
a second rebuild in a hot humid garage in the middle of June in the rotary
no-mans land of Southwestern Louisiana.
Nothing like a good, strong running
engine.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Eslick
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009
10:22 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Running again
Lynn,
et al,
After putting my 13B back together and finding low compression and EGT on one
rotor, and reluctance to start initially, I finally have a good running engine.
Something was obviously not right with that rotor, so I bit the bullet, tore it
down again, and one problem was obvious as soon as I removed the rear
iron. One of the corner seal buttons was laying down flat in the
hole. SOMEBODY had managed to put it together without the spring behind
it!
It now runs stronger than it ever has (it now has 9.7-1 rotors). Turns
out the low EGT was due to a failed probe, as it still only reads 200
degrees. Never did find the coolant leak, but it is gone now.
Thanks to all who offered advice. Hope to see many of you at the Austin
Rotary Fly-In.
Bill Eslick