Return-Path: Received: from imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 563657 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:04:32 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.65; envelope-from=sqpilot@bellsouth.net Received: from paul52u7f5qyav ([209.214.44.11]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with SMTP id <20041212000358.VMUA1994.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@paul52u7f5qyav> for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:03:58 -0500 Message-ID: <00a501c4dfde$13751330$0b2cd6d1@paul52u7f5qyav> From: "Paul" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Paul's first flight (was Re: DAR visit?) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:03:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C4DFAB.C8199D20" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C4DFAB.C8199D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Russell Duffy=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 5:46 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Paul's first flight (was Re: DAR visit?) At approximately 3:30 P.M. my SQ2000 slipped the surly bounds of = Earth....made a couple circuits around the airport and had an uneventful = (yawn) landing. =20 Congratulations Paul! I was thinking about you as the winds started = to die down around here. I thought you'd probably go. BTW- I changed = the subject line to show your proper place in the flying world :-) =20 From 1/4 to 1/2 throttle, engine accelerates smoothly and plenty of = power. As soon as I try to go above 1/2 throttle, the engine begins to = bog down. Advancing the throttle more only made it bog down even more. I bet you wish you had tied your plane down and ran it full throttle = on the ground. I'll never understand why people don't do that. I'm = coming over there to put the boot on your plane until you prove this is = fixed :-) I tried tying it down, but because the engine is on the back, all the = ropes got tangled up in the prop, and rpm REALLY dropped. (not really) I have to work on the power problem ASAP. I'm thinking it is mixture = related. =20 You could certainly be correct. I'm assuming you don't have a mixture = gauge, but do you have an O2 sensor for your MicroTech? If so, you can = probably also connect it to a panel gauge, even if you're only hooking = it up temporarily. For a ground test, you can even stick an O2 sensor = in your exhaust pipe, as long as you can make sure and secure it so it = doesn't go in the prop. I will let you use my old Mixture monitor gauge = for testing if you want to. =20 =20 Yes, I have an oxygen sensor....my MicroTech unit displays a lot more = than I understand, everything from how many milliseconds the injectors = are open to degrees of ignition advancement. I need to get into the = manual and decipher some of the information it is probably telling = me....I know it displays mixture percentage, MAP, water temp, and 18 = other pages of information, and it even does data mapping whatever that = is. It is probably telling me the information I need, I just need to = learn how to use the unit. If I ever learn 1/2 of it's funtions, I will = consider myself blessed.=20 Remind me what prop you're using. Is there any chance it's way too = big? That might also cause some problems. My prop is a 3-bladePerformance wood prop, 64 x 78.=20 Again, congrats, and welcome to the ranks of the flying tinkerers :-) =20 Thanks, Rusty....honored to be amongst the ranks.=20 Cheers, Rusty ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C4DFAB.C8199D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Russell=20 Duffy
Sent: Saturday, December 11, = 2004 5:46=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Paul's = first=20 flight (was Re: DAR visit?)

At = approximately 3:30=20 P.M.  my SQ2000 slipped the surly bounds of Earth....made a = couple=20 circuits around the airport and had an uneventful (yawn) = landing.  
 
Congratulations = Paul!  I was=20 thinking about you as the winds started to die down around = here.  I=20 thought you'd probably go.  BTW-  I changed the subject line = to show=20 your proper place in the flying world = :-)   
 
From 1/4 to=20 1/2 throttle, engine accelerates smoothly and plenty of power. As soon = as I=20 try to go above 1/2 throttle, the engine begins to bog down. Advancing = the=20 throttle more only made it bog down even=20 more.
 
I bet you wish you = had tied your=20 plane down and ran it full throttle on the ground.  I'll = never=20 understand why people don't do that.  I'm coming over there to = put the=20 boot on your plane until you prove this is fixed=20 :-)
 
I tried tying it down, but because the = engine is on=20 the back, all the ropes got tangled up in the prop, and rpm REALLY = dropped.=20 (not really)
 
 
 I have to work on the power = problem=20 ASAP.  I'm thinking it is mixture related.  
 
You could certainly = be=20 correct.  I'm assuming you don't have a mixture gauge, = but do you=20 have an O2 sensor for your MicroTech?  If so, you can = probably also=20 connect it to a panel gauge, even if you're only hooking it up=20 temporarily.  For a ground test, you can even stick an O2 = sensor in=20 your exhaust pipe, as long as you can make sure and secure it so it = doesn't go=20 in the prop.  I will let you use my old Mixture monitor gauge for = testing=20 if you want to.  
 =20
Yes, I have an oxygen sensor....my = MicroTech unit=20 displays a lot more than I understand, everything from how many = milliseconds=20 the injectors are open to degrees of ignition advancement.  I = need to get=20 into the manual and decipher some of the information it is probably = telling=20 me....I know it displays mixture percentage, MAP, water temp, and 18 = other=20 pages of information, and it even does data mapping whatever that = is.  It=20 is probably telling me the information I need, I just need to learn = how to use=20 the unit. If I ever learn 1/2 of it's funtions, I will consider myself = blessed.
 
Remind me what prop = you're=20 using.  Is there any chance it's way too big?  That = might also=20 cause some problems.
 
 
My prop is a 3-bladePerformance  wood = prop, 64 x=20 78.
 
 
Again, congrats, and = welcome to=20 the ranks of the flying tinkerers = :-)
 
 
Thanks, Rusty....honored to = be amongst=20 the ranks.
 
Cheers,
Rusty 
------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C4DFAB.C8199D20--