X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.219.56.245] (HELO mail.qnsi.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4389220 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:31:28 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.219.56.245; envelope-from=bhughes@qnsi.net Return-Receipt-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Flight Test MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:32:47 -0600 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CB2172.E5B0D1F0" Message-ID: <74120FDE88CAFE4DBDA8814BCE20A3F3208833@qnsi-mail.qnsi.net> Disposition-Notification-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Flight Test X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Thread-Index: AcshamDgDCS7ptkfTcmnS1p2VlhDOgAAE22A References: From: "Bobby J. Hughes" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CB2172.E5B0D1F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Glad your ok John. Is the airframe damaged? =20 Bobby ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 8:24 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Flight Test Here is some test data on my 13B Tailwind. Marcotte Redrive, ration 25 x 51. =20 1st hour =20 engine rpm 5600 max prop is Fred Felix 67 x 70, bi-cambered water temp 190 oil temp 192 fuel press 42 ex temp 1600 MAP 28.5 OAT 76 air speed indicated 163 =20 2nd hour =20 engine rpm 5800 At .7 hr into flight the engine was picking up rpm so I throttled back 100 rpm's and tuned the A/F=20 water temp 185 mixture and the engine picked rpm to 5800 rpm again. The engine must be breaking in and it was oil tem 170 running real nice, VVI was indicating climb of 200 feet per minute. At this point the Marcotte Redrive fuel press 42 started to vibrate so I throttled back to 2000rpm on the engine, by this time I could smell 80w and=20 ex temp 1600 smoke. I did a 360 turn and I'm flying in the only cloud for 100 miles. It doesn't give you a fuzzy warm feeling going 190 mph and having a fire at 4000 feet AGL. My landing was less than stellar MAP 27 so will have to repair the plane next winter. I should have been reading between the lines in the=20 OAT 60 Contact Magazine and replaced the redrive before flight, when it failed the front seal fell out and the=20 air speed indicated 190 80W followed. =20 Thanks to all you folks for you assistance in getting the engine running real nice. To bad the redrive was garbage. =20 JohnD....I was really happy I didn't get injured =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CB2172.E5B0D1F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Glad your ok John. Is the airframe=20 damaged?

Bobby

From: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = John
Sent:=20 Sunday, July 11, 2010 8:24 PM
To: Rotary motors in=20 aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Flight Test

Here is some test data on my 13B = Tailwind. =20 Marcotte Redrive, ration 25 x 51.

1st hour

engine rpm 5600 = max =20 prop is Fred Felix 67 x 70, bi-cambered

water temp 190

oil = temp =20 192

fuel = press =20 42

ex temp = 1600

MAP &nb= sp; 28.5

OAT &nb= sp; =20 76

air speed indicated 163

2nd hour

engine rpm=20 5800 At .7 hr into flight the = engine=20 was picking up rpm so I throttled back 100 rpm's and tuned the A/F =

water temp =20 185 mixture and the engine = picked rpm=20 to 5800 rpm again. The engine must be breaking in and it = was

oil=20 tem =20 170 running real nice, VVI was = indicating climb of 200 feet per minute. At this point the = Marcotte=20 Redrive

fuel = press =20 42 started to vibrate so I = throttled=20 back to 2000rpm on the engine, by this time I could smell 80w and =

ex temp =20 1600 smoke. I did a 360 = turn and=20 I'm flying in the only cloud for 100 miles. It doesn't give you a=20 fuzzy =20 &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 warm feeling going 190 mph and having a fire at 4000 feet = AGL. My=20 landing was less than stellar

MAP &nb= sp; =20 27 so will have to repair the = plane=20 next winter. I should have been reading between the lines in the=20

OAT &nb= sp; 60 =20 Contact Magazine and replaced the redrive before flight, when it failed = the=20 front seal fell out and the

air speed indicated=20 190 80W = followed.

Thanks to all you folks for you = assistance in=20 getting the engine running real nice. To bad the redrive was=20 garbage.

JohnD....I was really happy I didn't = get=20 injured

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