charlie
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I flew down to Troutdale Ore from Paine Filed yesterday, the
engine ran without a hiccup- like always. When I shut down a
gentleman ran up because he recognized the sound of a rotary. He
stated that he had attempted to install two rotarys in aircraft
but had never finished his project. He said he is the one who sold
his 20 B to Tracy Crook and that is the engine in his RV-8. Anyone
know his name? I didn't catch it at the time.
I'm still going through with the 0-320 and constant speed prop
conversion on my RV-4, at least at this time. I'll take off my FWF
installation, maybe P-port it and install it on some other
aircraft in the future. It's not that my engine has ever given me
trouble, I just don't want to feel like I'm a test pilot every
time I fly. I' always waiting for the sword of Damocles to swing
down on me, and it sort of takes the fun out of flying. But the
Rotary that I have in my plane might make it into a stol aircraft
in the future.
Brian Trubee
No doubt about it. A-O320 is more reliable. In part because most
people do a leak down
check every year. If it fails the leak down check it is usually a
leaking exhaust valve. You must
replace it as it could fail catastrophically and destroy the rest
of the engine. There is also
a lot less to go wrong.
I averaged 500 hours per exhaust valve on my O-470 and then it
cost $1000 because it was a certified
air plane and engine.
Paul Lamar
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