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Well, Mark, that was easier than taking the
Ross drive off each annual for inspection. Nothing to show for it either -
until after approx 160 hrs of flying when I noticed the Sun gear and one of the
planetary gear teeth were galling. Of course, then I had a good excuse to
buy Tracy's PSRU. I also do compression checks at each annual although not
having a "real" rotary compression checker all it really tells me is that my
seals are OK and compression is nominal for each rotor (not a big deviation in
pressure between the faces).
I may be a bit anal retentive about annuals, but in
my opinion it is a once a year thing that can catch things (like the Ross, or
radiator gunk) before they become catastrophic. Just my personal opinion of
course.
Ed A
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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:19
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Filterr or not
to Filter: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Cooling system update
WOW Ed, I’m
impressed. I wonder how many can honestly say they go to this level of
detail on their annuals?
Mark
I stick a small
"Inspection mirror" up through the AN-16 fitting with a small light
shinning on the mirror. (I think next time I will wire a small LED to the
head of the mirror - would make it much easier) I then run the
mirror up and down the side tank and rotate it at intervals looking mainly at
the condition of the small 1/8-1/4" dia cross tank tubes. I look for
blockage or any indication of scale/gunk. Thus far I have found
none.
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