Looking good Scott. There is a ton left but you are closer then alot of other 801 guys and going the "alternative engine" route is above and beyond the call of duty. I have been trying to find the cause of the other rotary 801 that crashed in Colo because of engine issues so I can pass on that info but so far no one is admitting to anything. Feel free to ask me anything that might help you get into the air.
Tailwinds.
--- On Wed, 11/18/09, Scott <squiggles@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Scott <squiggles@yahoo.com>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ping
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:27 AM
| Hi Thomas...
We haven't left for Turkey day...At least not yet...
My new water pump came in yesterday and got itself installed in short order. Amazingly this time no leakage :) Though, I've put in 2 gallons of coolant and it still hasn't topped out, but it is close. Also, put in a gallon of SAE40 oil, again not quite where it needs to be so today will find me at NAPA again to get some more fluids.
This is all working towards moving the fuselage out to the airport on Sunday. A local EAA member was interested to know where I was at so I made him a ten cent tour video( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS6oqEVN2hI ). I know it looks like chaos, but most of that is just wires needing bundling. Here's to hoping after Thanksgiving I can get the engine started to find out where my install hangs together and where it doesn't. In particular I doubt the oil cooler will be enough, but we'll see...
-Scott |
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