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Mike,
In all honesty, I thought your engine was
purple (light) until you just declared it pink. And I don’t have any
colorblindness issues.
Are you thinking of going with a James
rotary cowl?
Bryan
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009
11:49 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mike
Wills RV4/13B
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.
----- 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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