X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma06.mx.aol.com ([64.12.78.142] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with ESMTP id 4983107 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:51 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.78.142; envelope-from=Bktrub@aol.com Received: from imo-da01.mx.aol.com (imo-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.199]) by imr-ma06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p4E0ZAi9009204 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:10 -0400 Received: from Bktrub@aol.com by imo-da01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.107b.594a6ef (45328) for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-mc01.mx.aol.com (smtprly-mc01.mx.aol.com [64.12.95.97]) by cia-mc05.mx.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMC054-d3c84dcdce35158; Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:05 -0400 Received: from Webmail-d122 (webmail-d122.sim.aol.com [205.188.108.131]) by smtprly-mc01.mx.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMC012-d3c84dcdce35158; Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:01 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Tuning Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:01 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 50.46.100.112 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: bktrub@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CDDFE5E5628CDD_1810_65486_Webmail-d122.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 33668-STANDARD Received: from 50.46.100.112 by Webmail-d122.sysops.aol.com (205.188.108.131) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Fri, 13 May 2011 20:35:01 -0400 Message-Id: <8CDDFE5E55B68BD-1810-3AFAC@Webmail-d122.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: Bktrub@aol.com ----------MB_8CDDFE5E5628CDD_1810_65486_Webmail-d122.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" OAT was up around 45-50 if I recall correctly. Brian Trubee -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bradburry To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 4:03 pm Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Tuning Brian, =20 What is the OAT when you are running at 175? =20 Bill B =20 From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Be= half Of bktrub@aol.com Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:35 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Engine Tuning =20 Since the weather has been cooperating lately, I've had the opportunity to= put a few more hours on the airplane. On the ground, I can go from an idl= e up to full throttle and the engine will be smooth. But when I take off,= it seems that as soon as I'm up a few hundred feet off the runway, I get= hellacious backfiring at full throttle. I can mitigate it a bit by thrott= ling back to about 5100 rpm, and turning the mixture knob to near full ric= h. It's getting to be a bit nerve wracking to take off thinking I've got= it smoothed out and then get a series of hand grenades going off under my= butt. I'm thinking that I'm still running too lean up at map address 106= or so. So, I go into the edit page and richen up the mixture around those= addresses. I think I'm creeping up on smooth full throttle running. =20 The good news is that my coolant runs at 175 degrees and oil at less- so= the cooling is more than effective, I just need to close up my air inlet= a bit or restrict the outflow. =20 Brian Trubee ----------MB_8CDDFE5E5628CDD_1810_65486_Webmail-d122.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
OAT was up around 45-50= if I recall correctly.
 
Brian Trubee



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 4:03 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Tuning

Brian,
 
What is the OAT whe= n you are running at 175?
 
Bill B
 

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of b= ktrub@aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011= 5:35 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircr= aft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Engin= e Tuning
 

Since the weather has been cooperating lately, I've had the opportunity to= put a few more hours on the airplane. On the ground, I can go from an idl= e up to full throttle and the engine will be smooth. But when I take off,= it seems that as soon as I'm up a few hundred feet off the runway, I get= hellacious backfiring at full throttle. I can mitigate it a bit by thrott= ling back to about 5100 rpm, and turning the mixture knob to near full ric= h. It's getting to be a bit nerve wracking to take off thinking I've got= it smoothed out and then get a series of hand grenades going off under my= butt. I'm thinking that I'm still running too lean up at map address 106= or so. So, I go into the edit page and richen up the mixture around those= addresses. I think I'm creeping up on smooth full throttle running.
 
The good news is= that my coolant runs at 175 degrees and oil at less- so the cooling is mo= re than effective, I just need to close up my air inlet a bit or restrict= the outflow.
 
Brian Trubee
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