Great to hear, Bernie.  At long last right?
Yes, 3 high power runs on the ground the length of a 4000 ft runway will get
the temps up.  At WOT I don't find adequate cooling until I hit 120 MPH IAS,
any airspeed below that at high power settings starts the temps up.  Did he
say when he saw 249F?  If right after take off with the temps already high,
I would not be highly surprised.  Now if he saw that in level pattern
altitude with the power pulled back then you might have some cooling work
ahead of you.

 Any mention of rpm on take off?  What static are you getting?

In any case, congratulations.  Now if my new prop will just appear on my
door step in the next couple of days, I will be in good shape for getting to
Sun & Fun.  Since I understand that is in your test area - any thoughts on
showing up in it at S&F?

Ed A

----- Original Message -----
From: <jbker@juno.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Another rotary airplane now flying


>
> RV9A made a short circuit around the patch to day. Tom Hahn flew it since
I had not realized that I needed a CFI endorsement for my insurance to
activate. He has flown most of the local RV's on first flight. He had run
the airplane at high power 3 times the length of the field (4000 feet of
soft turf) and the coolant temp was very hot when he took off. Oil temps
were good.
>
> He saw an indicated coolant temp of 249, but no coolant appeared to blow
out of the system. Talked to Tracy and he said there were 2 different
sensors and maybe I was cal'd wrong. We checked it and the cal was correct.
It did not seem that hot when we taxied in and snatched the top cowl off.
>
> Scratching head on next step, but the airplane flew great!
>
> Bernie
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