Congratulations on getting back in the air.  All things considered it
sound like a great day.

Bob W. (just a little envious)

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:47:15 -0700
David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com> wrote:

> Today I took my RV-6, powered by a 2.6L equivalent rotary engine, back up
> into the sky after its last re-build.
>  Sure was nice to get back into the air. Putting on the high
> compression 9.7rotors, along with mild street porting and fixing any
> poor compression that
> I previously had, seems to have given me about 500 rpm for a given manifold
> pressure without any apparent rise in the heat load. I also now have ceramic
> coating on my manifold, turbine housing, and exhaust pipe. I believe this is
> helping temps a noticeable amount.
>  I kept the MAP under 29 today, which I will do for a while to let things
> break in. At 7000', 28" MAP, I was seeing about 6000 RPM and 150 KIAS.
> Ground speed up around 180 kts. Max oil temp was 150 and max coolant temp
> was 190. But is was a nice cool day.
>  Just when I thought everything was going great WHAM!. MAP suddenly drops to
> 17" for no reason.... There goes my last hope for a turbo I figure... I
> wonder when the tower is going to note the smoke coming out of my
> exhaust....
>  I land and taxi back without incident, no smoke..
>  Turns out one of the intake hose clamps was not on tight enough.... (huge
> sigh of relief). Good thing that I have not yet installed my turbo oil shut
> off valve, or I might have considered switching it on.
>
> --
> Dave Leonard
> Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html
>


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