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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: It is ALIVE!!!  First Start in Houston
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 06:21:22 -0400
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Don't feel bad Dave :). I had a guy helping me with the wiring. He  
installed the same switches the same way: Down ON.... I could not  
figure out for a long time why the engine would not start, while I  
had all the switches UP?
Buly
On May 30, 2007, at 11:47 PM, David Staten wrote:

> We are prolly gonna go with UP for ON and DOWN for OFF. That seems  
> to be the simplest for us southerners :)
>
> Yea.. it was the injector power switches.
>
> Dave
>
> Bob White wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Dave and Chris.  Brings back memories of my first
>> engine start.  Are the switches you had to turn over the injector
>> disable switches?  If that was my diagram, up is for _disable_ and  
>> down
>> is for run!  As long as they work the way you want that's the way to
>> wire them. :)
>> Bob W.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 30 May 2007 22:10:06 -0500
>> "Christopher Barber" <CBarber@TexasAttorney.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Oh, and for those playing along, we did install the check valve  
>>> properly <g>.  So far only a minor oil leak from a plug in the  
>>> engine Dave thinks he may have just snugged in by hand and forgot  
>>> to tell me to get back to and a small coolent leak on a temporay  
>>> hose connection.  Really, really small in both cases....almost  
>>> non issues.  FWIW.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for y'all's support and well wishes.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> Houston, Texas
>>> Ellington Field (EFD)
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----  From: Christopher Barber  To:  
>>> Rotary motors in aircraft  Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:54 PM
>>>  Subject: [FlyRotary] It is ALIVE!!! First Start in Houston
>>>
>>>
>>>  It actually started.  We turned it off and it started again.   
>>> WAHOOOOO.  But a mear wahoooo doesn't quite express the amazing  
>>> feeling and sense of accomplisment of first engine start of the  
>>> 2nd gen, turbo housing 13b.
>>>
>>>  David and I rebuilt it about 1.5 years ago.  Dave did most the  
>>> teardown, cleaning, measureing tolerance etc and we both rebuilt  
>>> it following along Bruce T's video and the Haynes shop manual.   
>>> Dave final install on the CC engine mount and Tracy's PSRU.  I  
>>> ran the wires, hoses...and the rest.  A true joint effort.
>>>
>>>  We tried last night to no avail.  Turns out when I wired the  
>>> injector switches based on a great diagram from the Flyrotary  
>>> list, the illustration stated "top" and I installed that end up  
>>> with the swithes being up when on.  However, when I was checking  
>>> my wires this pm 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 wires and grounds.
>>>  In a damn optomistic gesture while in a pessimistic mood, my  
>>> hangar mate, Richard Sessions (who is restoring a VariEZ) and my  
>>> S/O, Jana and I pushed the tale of the Velocity out the hangar  
>>> door (of course it started sprinkling <g>) (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.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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