X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.143] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1002932 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:36:28 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.143; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C571BF.E3945F14" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Not Starting Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:35:42 -0500 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E016C1A2B@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Not Starting Thread-Index: AcVxvijm/NUJBuEiSIien5TFGZM64gAAT4aA From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C571BF.E3945F14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tracy, I think you're right on here. One other mandatory change coming from the Eggenfellner engine-outs was to move the fuel pumps from the firewall to the cabin floor. That alone might have been enough to "fix" the problem. =20 =20 Mark (trying to figure out where this vertical bar came from) =20 =20 =20 That's the problem with this kind of data. I'm sure the Eggenfellner people were telling the truth about what they saw but you can't then generalize and make their solution a 'carved-in-stone' rule. I have no details on their system but I suspect there was a deficiency in their fuel system which their bleeder fix covered up or compensated for. Like Al, I've never seen this problem on my plane or engine test stand. =20 Tracy (trying to figure out why I can't change the text color when I reply to Al's posts) =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C571BF.E3945F14 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Tracy,

I think you’re right on = here.  One other mandatory change coming from the Eggenfellner engine-outs was = to move the fuel pumps from the firewall to the cabin floor.  That alone = might have been enough to “fix” the problem.  =

 

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Mark (trying to figure out where = this vertical bar came from) 

 

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That's the problem with this kind = of data.  I'm sure the Eggenfellner people were telling the truth = about what they saw but you can't then generalize and make their solution a 'carved-in-stone' rule.  I have no details on their system but I = suspect there was a deficiency in their fuel system which their bleeder fix = covered up or compensated for.    Like Al, I've never seen this = problem on my plane or engine test stand.

 

Tracy  (trying to figure out why I can't change the text = color when I reply to Al's posts)

 

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