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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: At least I didn't....
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 08:26:16 -0400
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Ernest, it's time to invest in a good fire extinguisher, hosing down a maybe 
oil fire really gets interesting.  JohnD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@att.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: At least I didn't....


> And then it happens again.
>
> Today I put on the  rudder, since it is tied into the nosegear steering, 
> and the new muffler I built.  This is the first time that I've run with 
> the cowl on for any significant amount of time.  It was taking a while to 
> warm up to 160, even though it was around 80 degrees outside.
>
> Finally, I shut down and was motified to see smoke rising from the engine 
> compartment.  Jumped out and grabbed the hose.  No fire, but the exhaust 
> had burned the cowling where it passes close.
>
> Maybe I can get the newest repairman to help me out 8*)
>
>
> The muffler works really well, BTW.
>
> hoursaway1@comcast.net wrote:
>
>>Ernest,, the guy you should be pissed at is the one who came up with the 
>>phrase,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SHIT HAPPENS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. David.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@att.net>
>>To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>>Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 7:54:10 AM
>>Subject: [FlyRotary] At least I didn't....
>>
>>Cause an interplanetary probe to crash or an airliner to run out of fuel.
>>
>>You know, one of those stupid mistake caused by incorrect conversions.
>>My conversion trip-up was converting "front rotor" from the car to the
>>airplane (and ignoring the "F" and "R" that I stamped into the rotor
>>housings).
>>
>>I had fuel. I had air. I had spark. It was just that the spark was
>>going to the wrong rotor. And I used a timing light to verify that I
>>was getting the spark. Except I took the timing from the wrong rotor.
>>I even searched this group and verified that I had the EDIS-4 coils
>>wired correctly. Connectors 1 and 4 go to the front rotor. Given that
>>the front rotor is the one in the front on the airplane, not the car.
>>
>>Doh!!
>>
>>Once I switched the plug wires around and cleared the engine (turned it
>>a bit with the fuel pumps and injectors off), the engine kicked off in
>>two blades. Someone has GOT to develop a cure for stupid, or I'm doomed.
>>
>>Word to the wise. You've verified fuel, air, and spark, and
>>compression. The engine's spinning with the starter at around 250rpm,
>>but it just won't kick off. Every few turns, though, it is like
>>something blocks the engine from turning and it stall for a split
>>second. Check your spark plug wiring.
>>
>>Good news:
>>- FIRST TAXI !!! It was only about 3ft, but it is the first time in
>>this ten year project that I've had something to move under its own 
>>power!!
>>
>>- The manifold modification is a success. I had the secondary injectors
>>spraying backwards, away from the runner, under the theory that it would
>>help the fuel vaporize better. Wrong. It just puddled in the
>>manifold. A little more fiberglass work, and both sets are spraying
>>with the airflow now. I cut power to the fuel pump and the engine
>>immediately cuts out. It used to slowly choke down as it was sucking
>>some of the puddled fuel out of the manifold.
>>
>>- I don't seem to have damaged anything with the backwards plug wires.
>>
>>- I've got to rework my tune. Yes, this is a good thing. The
>>aggressive prop is loading the engine, combined with the fuel actually
>>getting burned AS it is injected and not after it has pooled a while,
>>have combined to throw off the current tune. Fortunately, this isn't
>>very hard with a running engine.
>>
>>-FIRST TAXI !! I'm juiced. You guys that are flying better watch your
>>six. I'm a comin'.
>>
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