Return-Path: Received: from [216.52.245.18] (HELO ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 820054 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:34:46 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.52.245.18; envelope-from=wschertz@ispwest.com Received: from 7n7z201 (unverified [67.136.145.238]) by ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.0.340.3) with SMTP id for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:34:00 -0800 Message-ID: <026f01c53147$aa660960$db918843@7n7z201> From: "William" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Another rotary airplane now flying Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:47:38 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Congratulations! Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser # 4045 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:16 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 > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html