X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f192.google.com ([209.85.221.192] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3902577 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:35:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.221.192; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by qyk30 with SMTP id 30so439487qyk.7 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:35:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=rky1nWyjX0O0uhsnr2F4b9Aa1b98iMSvUciEk2hM3Ms=; b=ZTiNXylzEfxyMNHXf6Ok5V16ob6qsm7CoympD8n7z2stCaMERTFJ8bGh8HhCJRSNAm CbH9dMdelpEmrDnKZe0ChcvOM7Q8UXeM1TdCgR0SYktvXIfgk9kMe7KGttLiwU5/VOGj CElimirXluMi212ILOOC2EkFgZrbSwe9kiezM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=QHrKrYxDjHMrE7MOA467ehVAx0qLu6tAr3G1RwQegoB491A3nSgqnTWsfkaSeEiuap XSkaRxR9MYV7EZxnGDGXUksPcyiRVF+LhFddeH02qXlfEdREM9/4CyV0hQKVx7JTLYt7 SRY1JqQ4pmUYiftXN2O9OfOZEHTbDzr/qWZSM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.13.131 with SMTP id c3mr925930qaa.312.1256736920539; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:35:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:35:20 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dea954bf347cb4b9 Message-ID: <1b4b137c0910280635w46a2c964j55ffdafddf5da555@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Fwd: BBQ in Llano From: Tracy Crook To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00c09f8fe68ab994af0476fedd6a --00c09f8fe68ab994af0476fedd6a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Really neat to see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark. Tried to make the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in Alabama) but about 80 miles out from Shady Bend the autopilot banks the airplane hard left and stayed there for 180 degrees. I hit the disengage switch and it let me be PIC again. Then I notice the message "GPS FAILED" on the Bluemountain screen. I had my Garmin GPS on board for backup but now I had no confidence in my instrument panel so just stayed on heading back home. I cycled power on the BM and it booted up OK & was fine all the way back. Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the upper part to see what's up. Source of leak was the lower hose connection to water pump. I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink clamps which I like a lot. This one was about 6 inches away from the exhaust collector pipe which I thought was far enough but the radiated heat from the glowing pipe was apparently absorbed very well by the black clamp. It had melted about 95% of its length at the point directly faceing the exhaust pipe and was barely holding on. Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shielded from radiated exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches. Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was it smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and turn me back toward home :>) Tracy On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle wrote: > Hey Guys, > > To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a picture of our > BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09). Three of the four > a/c are rotary-powered. How's that for a change? It was a great day to > fly... cool, calm, & clear. This is what its all about. > > The a/c are: > Foreground - My Lancair ES - 20B > 2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged Renesis > 3rd - RV-6 - Lycosarus > 4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - N/A Renesis > > Keep building, > Mark S. > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > --00c09f8fe68ab994af0476fedd6a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Really neat to see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark.

Tried to mak= e the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in Alabama) but about 80 mil= es out from Shady Bend the autopilot banks the airplane hard left and staye= d there for 180 degrees.=A0 I hit the disengage switch and it let me be PIC= again.=A0 Then I notice the message "GPS FAILED" on the Bluemoun= tain screen.=A0 I had my Garmin GPS on board for backup but now I had no co= nfidence in my instrument panel so just stayed on heading back home.=A0 I c= ycled power on the BM and it booted up OK & was fine all the way back.= =A0

Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the upper = part to see what's up.=A0 Source of leak was the lower hose connection = to water pump.=A0 I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink clamps which I li= ke a lot.=A0=A0 This one was about 6=A0 inches away from the exhaust collec= tor pipe which I thought was far enough but the radiated heat from the glow= ing pipe was apparently absorbed very well by the black clamp. =A0 It had m= elted about 95% of its length at the point directly faceing the exhaust pip= e and was barely holding on. =A0 Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shiel= ded from radiated exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches.

Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was it = smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and turn me ba= ck toward home :>)

Tracy

On Wed= , Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Guys,
=A0
To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a picture = of our BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09).=A0 Three of t= he four a/c are rotary-powered.=A0 How's that for a change?=A0 It was a= great day to fly... cool, calm, & clear.=A0 This is what its all about= .
=A0
The a/c are:
=A0=A0=A0 Foreground - My Lancair ES - 20B
=A0=A0=A0 2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged Renesis
=A0=A0=A0 3rd - RV-6 - Lycosarus
=A0=A0=A0 4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - N/A Renesis
=A0
Keep building,
Mark S.









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