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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:02:43 -0500
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Progress Report: Velocity N17010
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I think WE should be asking YOU... what you did to exorcise the demons ;)

Did you sacrifice a virgin? Put holy water in the radiator? Or threaten 
to put a lycosaurus in?

Dave

Christopher Barber wrote:
> Tracy et al,
>
> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!!!!   I am not quite sure how to act. In the 
> last chapter of the continuing saga I informed all of the broken 
> ground wire to my ECU.  How I had to send the unit back and how I not 
> only scrambled the brains of the EC2 but also of the EM2.  While you 
> had it I received the fuel pumps from RWS that had been back ordered 
> to replace the noisy MGS(?)  pumps with push on hose connections 
> <yikes>.  I installed the new pumps and much better plumbing to them a 
> couple of weeks ago while waiting for the electronics to return. 
> Well, I got my electronics back and installed them all back in the 
> plane day before yesterday......NOW, here is the scary part.  I turned 
> on everything, placed the mixture in the middle, gave two shots of 
> primer, hit the start switch......AND IT STARTED.....IN LESS THAN ONE 
> BLADE.....kinda like, uh, well...a car engine <g>.  No hesitation. 
> Fired up and ran strong, clean and consistent through all power 
> settings.  Who would of thunk it??????  Again,I am not quite sure how 
> to act. I may have to start working on other parts of the airplane and 
> support systems..  Did ya put some voodoo magic in the boxes this time?
>
> Also, the new pumps are significantly more quite....just an added 
> perk.  OAT today was 100 + and my temps stayed good.  I added two four 
> inch fans under my oil cooler  to pull air through which is helping 
> keep the oil temps lower longer.  The coolant temp has not been an 
> issue at lower power settings since I installed the larger 
> radiator/heat exchanger.  Oil is still running over coolant but I can 
> let the engine sit on the ramp (where an electronic thermostat sitting 
> on the strake read 132 degrees) at a moderate idle all day long and 
> not worry about it.
>
> Oh, yes, I rewired the ground wire that broke and am confidant (ok, 
> confidant with fingers crossed) with the current install.
>
> Go figure.
>
> All the best,
>
> Chris Barber
> Houston
>
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