Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #64989
From: Stephen Izett stephen.izett@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] first Flight of Glasair - finally
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:34:29 +0800
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Hi Bobby I dont. 
But I’ll send some photo’s again.
Here is the plane itself.
Water Exchanger is behind the right cheek through a wedge diffuser.
Oil Exchanger is under the sump fed via inlet under the prop and through a wedge diffuser.
Right hand cheek is half blocked with the remainder feeding the engine intake filter.

Cheers
Steve


On 12 Aug 2019, at 8:39 am, Bobby J. Hughes bhughes@qnsi.net <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

Congratulations Steve.  Do you have a way to share pictures of the plane and cooling system?

Bobby

Sent from my iPad

On Aug 11, 2019, at 5:57 PM, Stephen Izett stephen.izett@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

Hi People

The Glasair has finally left the ground and had a successful first flight.
I’ve attached a graph of the data. OAT was 63F
I was really very pleased given our smallish 20in2 coolant inlet area and <9in2 oil inlet area for ~190hp.
The temps are a bit hot (~220F) but we didn’t go beyond 110 knots. I suspect when we get the airspeed up above 150knots into her nose we’ll see some improvement.
My hunch is we might have too much pressure in the cowl. The exit air area is approx. 30in2.

Appreciate any of your thoughts from the first flight data.

Cheers

Steve Izett
Glasair Super II RG Renesis 4 port RD1C EC3 EM3
<First Flight VH-EXP6.jpeg>

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