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Hi Steve, No definite proof, but I am quite sure that it was due to excessive exhaust gas temps eventually melting away part of the inconel turbine blade and making the turbine unbalanced. I mostly flew around at peak EGT but now I will be more careful about keeping the EGT less than 1600. The last turbo lasted 170 flight hours... will try to do better next time.
Dave Leonard On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Steve Brooks <cozy4pilot@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks
really good Dave. How did you make
out on the turbo, by the way. Was it repairable and/or did you determine the root
cause of the failure. Sorry if you
already posted this information, as I could have missed it.
Steve
Brooks
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Of David Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008
4:47 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] N4VY finally
in paint
After four years of flying a collection of parts, I am now flying
a finished aircraft. Really feels cool. The camera was poor
quality. Turned out better than it looks in these pics (poor color and
out of focus). But I just couldn't wait to share with
someone.
--
David Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net
-- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.nethttp://RotaryRoster.net
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