X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from web81212.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.116] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with SMTP id 2240361 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:43:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.199.116; envelope-from=mike.lafleur@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 40086 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Aug 2007 16:42:31 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=PVloauTtWN/Dbcl4M+Oz981musZmXMWFHlSnszfzb9fBpZZ1vwaU8XbTZ9wPBBXIfIosWzgvC1Q2kUD63NjYQAjyFXTvXM4L4AS4jL2PYKLVHiVDj8vdgV6evl74KWdYq9HOsUj8I5rBlfR65b0Su4nOV9TeX4Dsrp8nK4kvuh0=; X-YMail-OSG: 8BIjAb0VM1k63ROrD7wD2B19K86kx5s7sZ9ZNXCuaYFZPG3I2tqlrfVF8mRDHGvWxQkI6dnVXg-- Received: from [12.153.240.74] by web81212.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:42:30 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/651.47 YahooMailWebService/0.7.119 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:42:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael LaFleur Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Static RPM To: Rotary motors in aircraft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-2094877489-1186159350=:39661" Message-ID: <71874.39661.qm@web81212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-2094877489-1186159350=:39661 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris,=0A=0ADid you move those wires away from the coils yet?=0A=0AMike LaF= leur=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Christopher Barber =0ATo: Rotary motors in aircraft =0ASent: Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:52:59 PM=0ASubject: [FlyRotary] St= atic RPM=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A =0A=0A=0AOk, I know I have read about this somewhe= re, but =0Anot sure where or what I read means, but I finally ran my engine= up to full =0Apower and was wondering what kind of numbers I should be see= ing.=0A=0A =0A=0AEven though I had some intermentant wire issue =0A(SUPRISE= ) in that as I got over about 4500 rpm the rpm would flash in the =0Ahundre= ds and then go to zero. When I throttled back to below 4500 =0Aish, the re= ading came back. This happened a few times.=0A=0A =0A=0AHowever, later whe= n I did it, the readings =0Awere better and I was able to run the rpm up to= about 5500 rpm at full =0Apower on the Mistral Intake (so about 2534 rpm a= t the prop). It seem to =0Areach full rpm at about 3/4 (to 4/5) of full th= rottle and then mostly =0Astablized. Sounded smooth even though I am still= running rich. It =0Aseems to run much better with the mixture at about 9 = oclock and bogs as I bring =0Ait to the noon position. In auto tune it see= ms to be trying to =0Alean but kinda slow and if I try to keep it at the 12= oclock position it seems =0Atoo rich, so I think I will need to do some ma= nual leaning and then go back =0Ato the autotune. I am idleing pretty smoo= thly at about 1000 =0Arpm.=0A=0A =0A=0AIs this RPM range acceptable? Is th= is good; =0Abad? What should I expect? I was nervous to run it up like this= , but I =0Ajust kept telling myself that I am not gonna be throwing a rod o= r blowing a jug =0A. If you remember I do not have coolant temp reading= right now, =0Aso I closely monitored the oil temp and kept the run short, = but I was curious as =0Ato what I could run it up to. Thanks again.=0A=0A = =0A=0AAll the best,=0A=0A =0A=0AChris=0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A --0-2094877489-1186159350=:39661 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Chris,

Did you move those wires away from the coils yet?
<= br>Mike LaFleur

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From: Christo= pher Barber <CBarber@TexasAttorney.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircr= aft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2007 1= 0:52:59 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Static RPM

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