I didn't even think to check Marc.
Buly


On 1/23/05 7:06 PM, "Marc Wiese" <cardmarc@charter.net> wrote:

> Do you have a wastegate and was it open?
> Marc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of Bulent Aliev
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:35 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Hot turbo
>
> Last night while running engine in the hangar, my neighbor waved me back
> to
> take look at the turbo wheel. I have a 10" straight out pipe and the
> turbo
> wheel can be seen glowing bright red. That was only at 2300 engine rpm.
> Looked like the tail pipe of F-16 :). Even after shut down the red glow
> stayed for a while. I know this is not news to any body, but can't
> imagine
> what the turbine wheel is going through at full power runs?
> Buly
>