Steve glad to hear you made to move to SC without any problems. I guess that was your first long X-country? Enjoy it.
Buly
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> From: "Steve Brooks" <cozy4pilot@gmail.com>
> Date: 2006/11/27 Mon AM 08:11:26 EST
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Plane moved to NC finally
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> 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.
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> It was getting dusk, but I managed to get in one trip around the pattern.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve Brooks
> Cozy MKIV N75CZ
> Turbo 13B – 47 hours
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