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My planned paint scheme has always been to use
white, green, and purple - the colors of an old Jet Ski. When Bruce T asked what
color I wanted the engine powder coated I told him purple. He said he had 2
shades, "light purple" and "dark purple". Hard to make much sense of that over
the phone from 3000 miles away so I chose "light purple" based on his
description. The engine came to me the color you see - basically raspberry pink.
I called him and asked what happened to purple. After some discussion he
mentioned that he had a bit of a color blindness issue so asked for some help
from his daughter. Who at the time was 6 years old. I dont know if thats all
true or if thats what he told me to end the conversation, but it makes a good
story (my wife loves to tell it). So I chose to keep the engine
"pink".
Oh, as with the cowl, the engine install
is photogenic - the engine (and the cowl) look better in pictures than they
do in person. But thanks for the compliment. Now if I can just get back to
flying. Latest hang-up, while I wasnt paying attention I found out my medical
expired last month. Hope to resolve that this week and try to fly this weekend.
37.5 hours to go.
Mike Wills
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:32
PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [FlyRotary]
Re: Mike Wills RV4/13B
Thanks, Kelly.
Mike has a really clean looking installation. Is
that fuschia?? :>)
Bill B
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Kelly Troyer
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 8:33
PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Mike Wills
RV4/13B
And here is Mike's intake and exhaust side
from my files.............
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B
ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from
"Mike Wills" <rv-4mike@cox.net>: --------------
Thanks very much for the
compliment. It sounds like you are on the right track with copying Tracy's RV8 setup. The
RV4 doesnt have the width for that sort of
arrangement.
I'm not sure what pics you
saw. My cowl has gone through multiple revisions since it was built
originally. The major changes were to accomodate the final oil cooler
install and tweaks to gain a little exhaust clearance. In spite of multiple
tries I finally gave up trying to contain the oil cooler within the original
cowl line and just added another scoop on the bottom. As a result the
cowl has gained some weight and some ugliness. There may be a new cowl in my
future.
I cant remember inlet and outlet
sizes. Its been a few years. Attached are pictures of the current
setup, cowled and uncowled so you can see the
ducting.
Yes, I was having intermittent
issues with lost data in the EC2. I finally figured out how to make the
problem occur with at least some predictability. After finding the
incorrectly seated chip in the EC2 and reseating it I have not had a
reoccurance of the problem in several hours of ground
testing.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009
9:53 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: T-shirt
design
> Hi Mike,
> I went
back thru your posts and found a couple of pics of your "homemade"
>
cowl...WOW! What an excellent job! I really like the elimination of
the
> "Chipmunk with his cheeks full of nuts" look that the RV4
has..(Sorry guys
> :>) )
> I didn't find any pics of the
innerds of your install...Do you have any?
> What is the size of your
inlet? Outlet? I suppose the top section is for
>
induction?
>
> I also noticed that you had problems similar to
Chris with the EC-2 getting
> scrambled.
>
> Bill
B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of Mike Wills
>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:57 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: T-shirt design
>
> On the other hand, if it
takes this much input to build a T shirt, its
> amazing that anyone
here has managed to build and fly anything. I hope we
> can stop
talking about T shirts soon.
>
> Sorry to say Bill that I dont
know what your cooling system looks like so
> cant answer that
question. Cooling was something I worried a lot about
> because when I
started my install it seems that everyone had cooling
> problems. To
date I've had zero problems with cooling (admittedly with
> limited
flight time to date but I hope to change that soon). My system has
>
generous inlets and outlets ( I think many people tend to undersize
these
> thinking that liquid cooling is more efficient so the holes
dont need to be
> as big). My thinking was its easier to start with a
hole thats too big and
> shrink it later than to enlarge something
thats too small. I also used a
> radiator with quite a lot of surface
area compared with its thickness.
> Easier to get air to go
through. Finally, with an RV and the big fan in the
> front, my inlet
gets plenty of prop blast right below the prop. Not sure
> what type
of airframe you have, but I admire the guys who have successful
>
cooling systems on pushers. I think trying to make a P51 style belly
scoop
> work is just looking for cooling problems, just my opinion. I
havent yet
> heard of a belly scoop on a puller auto conversion that
actually worked.
>
> On the EC2, I have some recent experience
there. In my opinion the EC2
> installation is a challenging
proposition for someone without some
> experience with electronics.
I've worked as an electronics tech for 35 years
> and still had some
problems. In hindsight it appears that my problems were
> caused by a
not fully seated socketted chip rather than an installation
> issue.
Having said that, I did make some tweaks to my installation in
trying
> to resolve my problems, which I believe improved the system.
It is clear
> that the EC2 works if installed correctly, but pay close
attention to proper
> installation techniques. The installation
instructions and the recent
> comments on the forum in regards to
proper installation arent suggestions,
> they are mandatory if you
want the EC2 to work.
>
> Mike Wills
> RV-4
N144MW
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill
Bradburry" <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
> To:
"Rotary motors in aircraft"
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Saturday,
August 08, 2009 6:41 AM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: T-shirt
design
>
>
>> If there had been this much response
for any of the questions we have had
>> about how to get a rotary
to fly we would have complete FWF packages (with
>> drawings) for
every type of plane we are trying to fly!!!
>>
>> This
country doesn't need a health care plan (especially not the one
they
>> are ramming down our throats), it needs a
T-Shirt!
>>
>> What is wrong with making a T shirt out of
Tracy's
button?? Oh, Er, that
>> is
>> right, we are not
flying...or building...we are designing a shirt!!
>>
>>
Anybody got any ideas why my install will not cool?
>>
>>
It seems that there is something fundamentally gremlin about the
>> electrical
>> problems Chris B has been having with
his EC-2...What is up with that??
>>
>> Bill
B
>>
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