X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3821964 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:06:05 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.122; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from computername ([75.191.186.236]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090823130526649.NYUO16591@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:05:26 +0000 From: "Ed Anderson" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Progress Report: Velocity N17010 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:03:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcojjNbS8rfmdmMtTG20dRjb6mYhwAAZP2rQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <20090823130526649.NYUO16591@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> Well, Chris, the rotary deities apparently decided you have suffered long enough. Congratulations, I know the feeling - almost like - well, Magic. Then there is the anxiety waiting for the other shoe to drop {:>) - just kidding. Sounds like you should just start the engine once a day to keep the motivation high. Congratulations for hanging in there Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html http://www.flyrotary.com/ http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Christopher Barber Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:58 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Progress Report: Velocity N17010 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 . 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 . 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 -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3267 (20080714) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3267 (20080714) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com