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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] It won't run no more
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:45:44 -0400
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Typically it just runs like crap, but it will run...

On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:

> I had my engine running fairly well last fall.  Then I turned my attention=
 to propeller building, body work and priming, and buttoning up a hundred ot=
her small tasks.
>=20
> Today, I planned to crank her up a do the first taxi test.  It would not s=
tart.  I pulled the plugs and cleaned them. I verified spark and timing with=
 a light.  The closest I could get to a start was a few backfires.  I'm gett=
ing air, fuel and spark, and all in the same propotions as I was getting 6mo=
s ago.  The only thing I can think that might be amiss is that the fuel is 6=
mos old.
>=20
> I've heard that gas can go sour, but I've never really believed it.  Has a=
nyone else encountered a situation where the fuel is so old that the engine w=
on't light it?
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> Kelly Troyer <keltro@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> A highly recommended publication according to Paul Lipps of "Ellipse
>> Propeller" fame..........Thought some
>> of the group may find it useful or at least educational............
>>=20
>> http://www.propellersexplained.com/
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Kelly Troyer
>> Dyke Delta_"Eventually"
>> 13B_RD1C_EC2_EM2
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