X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Christian And Tamara Mcdonald" Received: from mail-io0-f181.google.com ([209.85.223.181] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.10) with ESMTPS id 8684177 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 May 2016 17:15:38 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.223.181; envelope-from=christamarmc@gmail.com Received: by mail-io0-f181.google.com with SMTP id f8so60772871ioe.3 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:15:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=6URcwOSD10lySOpFe4MMudTxtwHJyk5E9PzuE0HUt90=; b=rRjP6xZR7MT7GHCbWE6SdcylFC8ietZasGmF9CkvRMqDCGr/o4efNwhHRaWOwmh9UC 4+TgCVEGDM5vthqelowM73OcKms78IVTJjMCyvWL+T8BmqeFbafNyaVtAyMBb6dCSMgT 3uQmaJRIJZuSmPRveIlHtg5E8l9IgjBzKOkrkR+hEZ5yuuuyehfCZs6KXpVTZ5GXqh9n rvRaxvAuV2h+hKuwLjqhfKbJcEu4Sx5AMxRTbHmmHit77wtb7IpsI28zm/xJuUPNMjpy teTsWDYH5BpvipCw6EioC0WgCv1f6JIX99JUIkjWgIMep6ydShLGD1FmkIl7m3E+nRVK YCQA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=6URcwOSD10lySOpFe4MMudTxtwHJyk5E9PzuE0HUt90=; b=ABr3O8mfPA8SYItq+tQWFUPRSQfUqWhrxcTdz7qQ6fZnZUfX73xGVEY1Gyf0+0NOL1 DfjXopdfdSljOnL3IvyEUZAn3DxqIB5qfk/S6+8FU3en7UmezEPJL+FZTJu25oHp03c4 5NMr9BflztJe8kIH38DGIt3qZqitVGrXD2X1PTumntObewqXojEM/uMdchQ4Chyo083T p1hXz673q80ApQTvvFF1OWmw5pHSXfYtfbM/pwHxe2VL7JjXhoyY2w68s8OZGvk8wOjX RlnyVubFH5maY5O7xq4PrHhwjsKTKx7w3T0DyXdlYTqvaRuRtpLa8kOOwsK1+0BpxT9b Sutg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKedhBrK7LctQCHuaNlFGDIlTmsWWbcrJA6mrz+F0j/54j+eEEX4jigvToPdllVhDLGEwQmm/cNod1REQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.25.13 with SMTP id 13mr10343293ioz.104.1464297321564; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.7.66 with HTTP; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:15:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 07:15:21 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Dave leonnard, To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113feedab28f930533c549c4 --001a113feedab28f930533c549c4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi dave Excellent to see that she's back and flying, I still have an oil leak as well, still leaks less than a lycoming so I just get used to it, also small water loss from time to time via a new seal !,,,, All in all wouldn't go back to a lycoming these engines are so forgiving, found out the other day that one rotor was running on 1 trailing plug as leading was grounded and still ran well just down slightly on power, Go the rotary Cheers Christian On Friday, 27 May 2016, David Leonard wrote: > Hi Niel. Seems that most of the problem was that the seals simple were > not sealing very well. After a couple of flights things seemed to improve > and I stopped getting significant amounts of combustion gasses into the > coolant. Though me thinks it is time to re-work my cooing system a little > so that accumulated gasses end up in the catch can and get blown off > first... should be an easy modification. > > I still have a brisk oil drip from somewhere probably several spots... > still trying to identify and fix.. > > But I'm back in the air and stopped my search for a lyc.... ;-) > > Dave Leonard > Turbo Rotary RV-6 > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Neil Unger > wrote: > >> Dave, what is happening ? no news is good news? have you found the >> problem yet ? Neil. >> > > --001a113feedab28f930533c549c4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi dave
Excellent to see that she's back and flying, I still have a= n oil leak as well, still leaks less than a lycoming so I just get used to = it, also small water loss from time to time via a new seal !,,,,
= All in all wouldn't go back to a lycoming these engines are so forgivin= g, found out the other day that one rotor was running on 1 trailing plug as= leading was grounded and still ran well just down slightly on power,=C2=A0=
Go the rotary

Cheers
Christia= n

On Friday, 27 May 2016, David Leonard <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
Hi Niel.=C2=A0 Seems that most of= the problem was that the seals simple were not sealing very well.=C2=A0 Af= ter a couple of flights things seemed to improve and I stopped getting sign= ificant amounts of combustion gasses into the coolant.=C2=A0 Though me thin= ks it is time to re-work my cooing system a little so that accumulated gass= es end up in the catch can and get blown off first... =C2=A0should be an ea= sy modification. =C2=A0

I still have a brisk oil drip fr= om somewhere probably several spots... =C2=A0still trying to identify and f= ix..

But I'm back in the air and stopped my se= arch for a lyc.... =C2=A0;-)

Dave Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Neil Unger <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
Dave,=C2=A0 what is happening ?=C2=A0 no news is good news? have you f= ound=20 the problem yet ?=C2=A0 Neil.

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