Wow! Steve, what a beautiful airplane!
Do you have any pictures of your install you would like to share?
What kind of prop is that? What PSRU and what static rpm are you
getting? You must have good cooling to be able to run at high power
settings that long on the ground. What is your cooling setup? Is this
a FWF from Mistral?
Can you trailer the plane to another airport to get in the air?
Bill B
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Steve Thomas
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:06
PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Engine Start
Here is a link to my latest engine start. As many probably don't
know, I'm not nearly as smart as most of you, so this engine is a full-up
Mistral 2 rotor, their first in the field as a matter of fact. It is
normally aspirated, and has a Burns Stainless 3" x 17" muffler with
stainless scrubble packing. The muffler is not terribly effective, but
I'm going to stick with it for now.
The airplane is basically ready to go, but my airworthiness certificate
has been delayed because the Van Nuys FSDO has arbitrarily banned experimental
flights from my home airport, Santa
Barbara. I've got the national EAA working on
the problem, but, for now, I wait. I thought you-all might like to see
this.