Hi Bob,

Someone said - "you never learn from your successes, you only learn from your mistakes" - makes me a very learned person {:>)

Heck, with all the help available there at Charlies, it would have taken me twice as long to overhaul the engine {:>)


Ed

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob White" <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Rebuild - Coolant Leak Cause


> Hi Ed,
>
> With 20/20 hindsight, would it be safe to say that the incident
> depicted in the photo was enough reason to not fly again until the
> engine had been checked?
>
> Think how much help you would have had at Charlies!  Although you
> wouldn't have had Laura back home to send new parts.
>
> Bob W.
>
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:02:06 -0400
> "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Those of you who look at the Real World Solutions web site and their >> latest photos may recall seeing a photo titled "Congratulations, it's a >> boy" which shows coolant squirting into the air from my overflow tank. >> Photo taken at Charlie's fly in.  That was pretty good evidence of a >> coolant leak between combustion chamber and coolant galleys and supported >> by the fact that I had notice my coolant pressure increasing on the >> flight to Charlies by approx 11/2 psi per hour of flight. It started at a >> normal 10 psi and had increased to18 psi by the end of the flight.
>>
> <snip>
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> Ed Anderson
>> Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
>> Matthews, NC
>> eanderson@carolina.rr.com
>
>
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