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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:19:50 -0500
From: Finn Lassen <finnlassen@netzero.net>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] It's Ed's fault :-)
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I think someone on this list mentioned the difference between tailwheel 
(RV-3) and nosewheel (RV-6A) configuration and how it related evap cores 
possibly being the highest point in the system...
Oh, it was me :)
I guess you've never watched me lifting the tail high while the wind 
shield wiper pump circulates the coolant to get the air out... "No I'm 
not inspecting to bottom of the airplane! Now go away!".

Finn

Russell Duffy wrote:

> Greetings,
>  
> "Yee of little faith" here decided to believe Ed, and not install 
> bleed fittings in the top of my evap cores.  Today's log follows.  I 
> imagine the mechanical pump would have done the job in several 
> iterations of running, but I don't want to have to go through that 
> every time I drain and fill the system.  Fortunately, I left the cores 
> clecoed to the mounting brackets for just such a reason.  I'll be 
> welding 1/8" pieces to the top of one tank on each core, and threading 
> it for 1/8 NPT.  If I can find a nice petcock locally, I'll use that, 
> otherwise, just a plug for now.
>  
>
> 3-14-04
>
>  
>
> Did a lot of fiddly things to get ready to fill and start the engine.  
> Unfortunately, when trying to fill the water, I couldn't. The EWP 
> wouldn't pump, because  it wasn't primed.  It can't get primed, 
> because there's no water in the evap cores.  There's no water in the 
> evap cores, because I listened to Ed and didn't install fittings in 
> the top to bleed out the air :-)  Installation of the bleed fittings 
> is under way.  There was also a pinhole leak in one of the EWP 
> flanges.  I need to fire my welder.  It has now been "JB welded" 
> within an inch of it's life.  If it leaks now, I'll just have to throw 
> it away.
>  
>  
> Cheers,
> Rusty (Ed, you owe me a beer <g>)


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I think someone on this list mentioned the difference between tailwheel
(RV-3) and nosewheel (RV-6A) configuration and how it related evap
cores possibly being the highest point in the system...<br>
Oh, it was me :)<br>
I guess you've never watched me lifting the tail high while the wind
shield wiper pump circulates the coolant to get the air out... "No I'm
not inspecting to bottom of the airplane! Now go away!".<br>
<br>
Finn<br>
<br>
Russell Duffy wrote:<br>
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  <div><span class="116485203-15032004"><font face="Arial">Greetings,</font></span></div>
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="116485203-15032004"><font face="Arial">"Yee of
little faith" here decided to believe Ed, and not install bleed
fittings in the top of my evap cores.&nbsp; Today's log follows.&nbsp; I imagine
the mechanical pump would have done the job in several iterations of
running, but I don't want to have to go through that every time I drain
and fill the system.&nbsp; Fortunately, I left the cores clecoed to the
mounting brackets for just such a reason.&nbsp; I'll be welding 1/8" pieces
to the top of one tank on each core, and threading it for 1/8 NPT.&nbsp; If
I can find a nice petcock locally, I'll use that, otherwise, just a
plug for now.</font></span></div>
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  <span class="116485203-15032004">
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><st1:date month="3"
 day="14" year="2004"><font size="2">3-14-04</font></st1:date></p>
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  <div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Did
a lot of fiddly things to get ready to fill and start the engine.<span
 style="">&nbsp; </span>Unfortunately, when trying to fill the water, I
couldn&#8217;t. The EWP wouldn&#8217;t pump, because <span style="">&nbsp;</span>it
wasn&#8217;t primed.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>It can&#8217;t get primed, because
there&#8217;s no water in the evap cores.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>There&#8217;s no
water in the evap cores, because I listened to Ed and didn&#8217;t install
fittings in the top to bleed out the air :-)<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Installation
of the bleed fittings is under way.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>There was
also a pinhole leak in one of the EWP flanges.&nbsp; I need to fire my
welder.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>It has now been &#8220;JB welded&#8221; within an
inch of it&#8217;s life.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>If it leaks now, I&#8217;ll just
have to throw it away.</span></div>
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span
 class="116485203-15032004"><font face="Arial" size="3">Cheers,</font></span></span></div>
  <div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span
 class="116485203-15032004"><font face="Arial" size="3">Rusty (Ed, you
owe me a beer &lt;g&gt;)</font></span></span></div>
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