X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([63.240.77.81] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.9) with ESMTP id 2064353 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 23 May 2007 23:23:25 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=63.240.77.81; envelope-from=rlwhite@comcast.net Received: from rlwhite (c-68-35-160-229.hsd1.nm.comcast.net[68.35.160.229]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <20070524032250011007embje>; Thu, 24 May 2007 03:22:50 +0000 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 21:23:26 -0600 From: Bob White To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First engine start Message-Id: <20070523212326.b225f945.rlwhite@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Great news Bill. Congratulations and good luck with the tuning. Bob W. On Wed, 23 May 2007 19:28:10 -0500 "Bill Schertz" wrote: > 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 -- N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com 3.8 Hours Total Time and holding Cables for your rotary installation - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/