X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with ESMTP id 3340043 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:25:08 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.56; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.12]) by QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id o61k1a00B0FhH24A66QYqs; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:24:32 +0000 Received: from ChristopherNB ([98.200.27.148]) by OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id o6QV1a00A3Bjvle8U6QXu5; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:24:32 +0000 Message-ID: <4C9B98293CBF40C3A52571C261D2F9A5@ChristopherNB> From: "Christopher Barber" To: "FlyRotary aircraft" Subject: TX Rotary Velocity update Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:24:24 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_702F_01C95802.2838CDC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_702F_01C95802.2838CDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As y'all likely remember I had to redo my strakes following finding my = Jeffco fuel tank sealant had failed a few months ago. A few days ago I = applied some micro on my hopefully now repaired strakes. I still have to = smooth and pretty up the micro, but to get away from the fiberglass work = for a bit I decided to add fuel to my new strake tanks and calibrate my = newly installed Atkinson fuel gages.=20 I had about 25 gallons that I added one gallon at a time, 1/2 gallon to = each side. The Velocity has a center sump tank that the two strake tanks = dump into. So I added fuel to each side in approximately equal amounts = to allow everything to equalize better. I filled the sump tank first and = it took just under five gallons. Nothing seemed to leak confirming my = air pressure test with balloons a while back. Ok, here is the good part. On a wild hair I turned power on to the plane = to see if the rotary engine would turn over after sitting dormant for = the last few months with only an occasional hand rotation of the prop. = Not only did it turn over, it started. Wahoo. I shut it down right away = as I was not in a position to play.....uh, ummm, work on it. But I was = tickled it started almost immediately. After having to redo my strakes, = this was a nice little experience for me. I am off work tomorrow and I hope to get out to the hangar to clean it = up after a lot of fiberglass work. Maybe I will "play" with the engine a = bit too. =20 All the best, Chris Houston Cross posted on CanardZone.com & Reflector ------=_NextPart_000_702F_01C95802.2838CDC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

As y'all likely remember I had to redo my = strakes=20 following finding my Jeffco fuel tank sealant had failed a few months = ago. A few=20 days ago I applied some micro on my hopefully now repaired strakes. I = still have=20 to smooth and pretty up the micro, but to get away from the fiberglass = work for=20 a bit I decided to add fuel to my new strake tanks and calibrate my = newly=20 installed Atkinson fuel gages.

I had about 25 gallons that I = added one=20 gallon at a time, 1/2 gallon to each side. The Velocity has a center = sump tank=20 that the two strake tanks dump into. So I added fuel to each side in=20 approximately equal amounts to allow everything to equalize better. I = filled the=20 sump tank first and it took just under five gallons. Nothing seemed to = leak=20 confirming my air pressure test with balloons a while back.

Ok, = here is=20 the good part. On a wild hair I turned power on to the plane to see if = the=20 rotary engine would turn over after sitting dormant for the last few = months with=20 only an occasional hand rotation of the prop. Not only did it turn over, = it=20 started. Wahoo. I shut it down right away as I was not in a position to=20 play.....uh, ummm, work on it. But I was tickled it started almost = immediately.=20 After having to redo my strakes, this was a nice little experience for=20 me.

I am off work tomorrow and I hope to get out to the hangar to = clean=20 it up after a lot of fiberglass work. Maybe I will "play" with the = engine a bit=20 too. <g>

All the best,

Chris

Houston

Cross posted on CanardZone.com &=20 Reflector

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