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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Intersting flight
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:28:13 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Hi Steve,
Glad to hear you are OK. I'm surprised that you have one master  
switch. I have 2 separate switches L battery, R battery or both. I  
have to loose both switches for something like that to happen.
Keep going. You are almost there.
Buly
On Dec 3, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Steve Brooks wrote:

> I made it down to South Carolina, to among other
> things, fly the Cozy.  It had been 2 months to the day
> since I had been down, so the remaining 8 hours of the
> 40 test hours have been slow to come off.
>
> On Thursday I washed about 30 lbs of dust off of the
> plane (open T hanger) and checked everything out.  I
> did a high speed run down the runway, but didn't have
> time to get in a flight.
>
> Yesterday I went to the airport after it warmed up a
> few degrees, and took off.  The engine was running
> very strong in the cooler air (54 degrees).  I had
> planned to do about a 30 minute flight ad land, just
> to check everything out, and was was doing turns and
> just cruising around about 6-7 miles from the airport
> at about 2900 MSL (2300 AGL).  While flying straight
> and level, I felt a sudden miss in engine.  When I
> check the I/P, I also noticed that the digital gauges,
> fuel and oil, had rebooted.  I immediately started a
> turn toward the airport.
>
> About 15 seconds later, I lost total electric.  The
> I/P went dead, and so did the engine.  This isn't
> good, I thought.  Actually, it was more like, OH SH**.
>  I took a look at the airport, and I was too far to
> make it there, so I looked around, and a 4 lane
> highway, which has light traffic appeared to be my
> best option.  I had just started turning toward that
> highway, when the electric power came back, and the
> engine picked back up.
>
> I immediately started a climb, and headed toward the
> airport again.  I already knew that there was a plane
> in the pattern doing touch and goes (unicom field), so
> I called the airport and advised the other aircraft
> that I had a serious issue, and needed to make a
> straight in landing.
>
> It didn't lose power again, on the trip back to the
> airport, but that 6-7 miles seemed to take forever.  I
> stayed on the high side on altitude, for obvious
> reasons, and then had to bleed altitude (and speed)
> while on short final.  I came in a little fast, and
> touched down earlier than normal, but still was on the
> ground, and very happy.
>
> Since I have two separate electrical systems (engine
> and everything else), I was really stunned that I lost
> both like that.  After thinking about it for I while,
> I figured out that the master switch was the only
> common link.  I pulled the I/P cover off, and found
> that the ground connector was pulled off of the
> terminal and just sitting there barely touching the
> contact.
> The cause of this was the fact that when I did an
> annual on the plane in May, I had added some addition
> ty-raps to dress up the wiring a little more.  In
> doing so, I had stretched the ground wire which runs
> to the master switch, which energizes the two master
> relays.
>
> It was an easy fix, but now I have to replenish the
> adrenalin supply, and figure out how to get the ridge
> out of the seat cushion.
>
> After some ground testing, I made another flight
> (circling the airport) and everything checked out OK.
>
>
> I have an emergency bypass switch that will supply
> power to the engine systems from either the forward or
> aft battery.  I didn't think to switch it over, but I
> really didn't get to the point of doing any trouble
> shooting, so I'm not sure if I would have thought of
> that option or not.  It was without power for only
> about 20 seconds, but it seemed much longer.  I will
> definitely remember the emergency power switch, should
> I every have an issue like that again, but I hope that
> never happens.
>
> This isn't nearly as harrowing as some of the
> experiences that Ed or John have had, but it was
> plenty for me.  I don't want any more glider time.
>
> Steve Brooks
> Cozy MKIV
> Turbo rotary
>
>
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