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Greetings,
The first start of rev-2
was a non-event. We had 3 fire extinguishers, and a doctor standing by
(Navy flight surgeon who's interested in RV's). Fortunately, none of the
above was needed :-) Today's log follows:
Cheers,
Rusty (running
again)
3-16-04
Back
filled the oil cooler, and fixed the oil leak at the redrive oil return. Installed the prop extension, and
prop. Added some heat shielding at
the lower motor mount tube that is close to the exhaust. Nothing to do then but drag it out and
crank it up. Great news, the engine
started right up, and ran as well as you could hope for with the default
settings. The EM-2 worked fine,
though it’s unreadable in direct sunlight (and I mean direct, with no canopy or
anything in the way). I’ve gotta
see if there’s a brightness setting.
The only leak was one drop
of oil at the oil cooler fitting, and I snugged that up. Aside from that, it was a perfect
run. I only ran it for a few
minutes, and saw 110 F oil, 130 F water, and 1310 F EGT. The alternator works, and can be turned
on and off as advertised. I didn’t
exceed 4000 RPM because it was just too windy without the canopy. The lowest RPM I could get without
tuning was 1800, and that’s the only time I could even hear the exhaust. At any speed above that, all I could
hear was prop noise. I think the
Spin Tech will prove to be a good thing.
I spent the rest of the
afternoon tie wrapping the wires and hoses, and adding some sleeving to make
sure nothing could chafe. I also
went ahead and riveted the coolers to their brackets. The engine is complete, and ready for
final tuning. Tomorrow, work will
start on final fitting of the cowl and cheek extensions, then the radiator ducts
have to be made. I also need an
airbox of some sort, and will plumb that into the right radiator duct. Time to
fly after that.
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