Way to go Bill.  Its the little victories that keep us going to the finish.  I'm just about ready to schedule a visit from the DAR.  Lots of details to attend to still. 

 

Mark S.

 

On 5/23/07, Bill Schertz <wschertz@comcast.net> wrote:

Thanks Ed, I was disappointed that I didn't capture the data too,

 

I measure T into the rads and Tout, delta t and deltaP on the air, plus some other things.

 

Next time ---

 

bill

----- Original Message -----

From: Ed Anderson

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:59 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First engine start

 

Hey! Way to go, Bill!

 

Its been a while coming, and given your meticulous workmanship and attention to detail, I was starting to despair I would live long enough to get to this point {:>). 

 

I find that the 3000 rpm point switching between the two EC2 maps took a little bit of tuning to get it to transition smoothly, so you might be ready for some unsteady operation around that point.

 

But, I am highly disappointed that you have data recording capability and fail to do so on your first run {:>),  yes, I'm poking at you, Bill.

 

Great day, looking forward to hearing about more runs.

 

Ed

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Bill Schertz

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:28 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] First engine start

 

Today I moved the KIS out of the hanger, tied it to the car, and proceeded to try to start the engine.

 

After a couple of minutes cranking to get oil pressure up, I engaged the injectors and it fired up and RAN.

 

Coolant temperature moved appropriately, indicating that I had flow through the system, no coolant leaks, two small oil leaks (sensor, and blank-off plate ).

 

Didn't take it above 3000 rpm on this first run, and on shut-down I forgot to save the Blue Mountain data to get the temperature data, etc.

 

Engine was not optimally tuned, but it ran, will work on tuning next.

 

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045