) (Dave was still at work). We took basic = security procedures, ie showing Jana how to use the fire estingusher. I = turned on the switches (including the now correclty mounted injector = switches), turned on the primary fuel pump, hit the starter button and = DAMN, it fired.........SCARED THE HELL out of us.......you should have = seen my two Cairn Terriers (Winston and Madison) head for the hills = (well, Houston has no hills, but y'all get the idea). We kinda looked = at each other in a mixed shock and amazement and checke that we didn't = blow anything off. We actually mixed fuel, air, compression and spark = and got combustion.....who'ed of thunk it? We waited for the portable battery charger/starter to bring the = battery back up and tried again. Switches up, Pumps on, press the = starter button......damn, it sputtered and started (after some = cranking). It started to rev really fast, or seeminly so, so I brought = the throttle to closed, which didn't stop it, so I cut the fuel pump and = it stopped. Go figure. Well, we did this a few more times, never running it too long since we = do not yet have sensors on it yet. Also, Dave got off work and came by = to join the fun. Just the fact it actually ran was great. Now that = Tracy should be getting back into town, we should be able to order the = correct sensors to replace the ones that were missplaced along the way. Not quite sure what to work on now. Obviously we will want to smooth = it out and get it to start easily. It is currently running better on B = than A. I may have inavertanly changed someting on A while messing with = it during start sessions (may need to reset A...donno yet). I think I = will now try to start to clean up the wiring so as to make it easier to = manipulate the stuff in the cabin. Righ now the panel is laying where = the front seats should be. So this may be a good starting point while = waiting for sensors that will let me know I am not ruining my new = engine. Y'all's support and words of wisdom, along with Tracy Crooks great = products it what helped make this a reality. Thanks for being there. = NOW THE REAL WORK (read that as fun) BEGINS. Dave will be posting a much more technical account soon....heck, I bet = we both rushed home so we could annouce it to the world. Thanks. All the best, Chris Velocity N17010 w/ a Rotary 13b...that actually runs. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C7A307.476C7FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Oh, and for those playing along, we did = install the=20 check valve properly <g>. So far only a minor oil leak from = a plug=20 in the engine Dave thinks he may have just snugged in by hand and forgot = to tell=20 me to get back to and a small coolent leak on a temporay hose = connection. =20 Really, really small in both cases....almost non issues. = FWIW.

Thanks again for y'all's support and = well=20 wishes.

All the best,

Chris

Houston, Texas

Ellington Field (EFD)

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From:=20 Christopher Barber =
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 = 9:54=20 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] It is = ALIVE!!! First=20 Start in Houston

It actually started. We turned = it off and=20 it started again. WAHOOOOO. But a mear wahoooo doesn't = quite=20 express the amazing feeling and sense of accomplisment of first engine = start=20 of the 2nd gen, turbo housing 13b.

David and I rebuilt it about 1.5 = years ago. =20 Dave did most the teardown, cleaning, measureing tolerance etc and we = both=20 rebuilt it following along Bruce T's video and the Haynes shop = manual. =20 Dave final install on the CC engine mount and Tracy's PSRU. I = ran the=20 wires, hoses...and the rest. A true joint effort.

We tried last night to no = avail. Turns out=20 when I wired the injector switches based on a great diagram from the = Flyrotary=20 list, the illustration stated "top" and I installed that end up with = the=20 swithes being up when on. However, when I was checking my wires = this pm=20 I noticed that power was coming through the switch when the switch was = down.....doh! So, I turned them over and rechecked the rest = of my=20 wires and grounds.

In a damn optomistic gesture while in = a=20 pessimistic mood, my hangar mate, Richard Sessions (who is restoring a = VariEZ)=20 and my S/O, Jana and I pushed the tale of the Velocity out the hangar = door (of=20 course it started sprinkling <g>) (Dave was still at = work). We=20 took basic security procedures, ie showing Jana how to use the fire=20 estingusher. I turned on the switches (including the now = correclty=20 mounted injector switches), turned on the primary fuel pump, hit the = starter=20 button and DAMN, it fired.........SCARED THE HELL out of us.......you = should=20 have seen my two Cairn Terriers (Winston and Madison) head for the = hills=20 (well, Houston has no hills, but y'all get the idea). We kinda = looked at=20 each other in a mixed shock and amazement and checke that we didn't = blow=20 anything off. We actually mixed fuel, air, compression and spark = and got=20 combustion.....who'ed of thunk it?

We waited for the portable battery=20 charger/starter to bring the battery back up and tried again. Switches = up,=20 Pumps on, press the starter button......damn, it sputtered and = started=20 (after some cranking). It started to rev really fast, or = seeminly so, so=20 I brought the throttle to closed, which didn't stop it, so I cut the = fuel pump=20 and it stopped. Go figure.

Well, we did this a few more times, = never running=20 it too long since we do not yet have sensors on it yet. Also, Dave got = off=20 work and came by to join the fun. Just the fact it actually ran = was=20 great. Now that Tracy should be getting back into town, we = should be=20 able to order the correct sensors to replace the ones that were = missplaced=20 along the way.

Not quite sure what to work on = now. =20 Obviously we will want to smooth it out and get it to start = easily. It=20 is currently running better on B than A. I may have inavertanly = changed=20 someting on A while messing with it during start sessions (may need to = reset=20 A...donno yet). I think I will now try to start to clean up the = wiring=20 so as to make it easier to manipulate the stuff in the cabin. = Righ now=20 the panel is laying where the front seats should be. So this may = be a=20 good starting point while waiting for sensors that will let me know I = am not=20 ruining my new engine.

Y'all's support and words of wisdom, = along with=20 Tracy Crooks great products it what helped make this a reality. = Thanks=20 for being there. NOW THE REAL WORK (read that as fun)=20 BEGINS.

Dave will be posting a much more = technical=20 account soon....heck, I bet we both rushed home so we could annouce it = to the=20 world.

Thanks.

All the best,

Chris

Velocity N17010

w/ a Rotary 13b...that actually=20 runs.

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