Friday, I went down to SC to replace my fuel rail, which had developed a slight leak.  Had three days of perfect weather.  High temperatures in the upper 60’s, clear skies, and light winds. I replaced the fuel rail, and after switching to different o-rings on the RC engineering injectors, I got a perfect seal.  The stock Mazda seals would not work on these injectors, but thankfully Paul Brannon had the correct o-rings.

 

It was getting dusk, but I managed to get in one trip around the pattern.

 

On Saturday I made two flights, totally a little over an hour, and everything ran great.  Well, other than I messed with the mixture on mode 3, and ended up being too lean when I throttled down in the pattern. 

 

Yesterday, I made the flight of about 190 NM and the plane and engine were perfect.  It was a beautiful day, and while not unlimited visibility, it was probably 30-40 miles, clear skies, and very smooth air at my cruising altitude of 3500 MSL.  I flew the trip at about 55-60 % power, since I am still nursing along my stock turbo.  Still made about 125-130 KTS, and only took about 90 minutes to make the trip, with a 10 KT headwind most of the way.  It was very nice, after all the little problems I had, to have a trouble free flight.  The rotary engine just signs along, not missing a beat.

 

OAT was about 67 degrees, and engines temperatures ran at 185 on coolant and 180 on the oil, at 4800 RPM’s.  The oil is a digital display that should be very accurate.  The coolant is an analog gauge, so the 185 is more of a guess.  The needle was slight above the 180 mark.

 

I also got to see the first flight of Paul and Lou’s Lancair with the 20B.  I’m sure that one of them will tell everyone about it.

 

Steve Brooks

Cozy MKIV N75CZ

Turbo 13B – 47 hours