Ed

Nice to hear you are still in good spirits (I don't mean the one in the bottle). Could it be that your missing seal corner had fliped out on assembly stuck flat on that corner, causing the the stifness & finaly exiting through the exhaust. (Just me thinking aloud again.)

Georges B.

 

 

 

 

Hi Bob,

 

Tried posting to the list but Marv's gate keeper bounced the message, so

hope you don't mind being imposed upon, I would appreciate it if you post

this message.

 

Several folks have wonder where I am in Louisiana (NOT Los Angelos).  I am

staying with my sister in Kinder, Louisiana about 75 miles east of the

Lousisana-Texas border at the cross roads of US HWY 190 and 165.

 

Received the apex part (lost one of those triangler pieces of the apex seal

in the dusty, junk ..er treasure filled garage - currently my white room for

engine repair) from Laura and Tracy today.  So should be able to put the

engine back together tomorrow.  Plans are to install it in the aircraft on

Friday and do test runs on Saturday and hopefully head for home on Sunday.

 

 

Nothing new on the possible cause of the localized heating due to friction

which caused the "O" rings on both side of the rotor to fail.  Clearly the

chamber must have been narrower there for some reason. Perhaps almost as big

a puzzle is why it now rotates freely without any friction.   The only thing

I can presume is that whatever was rubbing has now been worn down.

 

Have not been able to find a caliper to measure the rotor housing as of yet.

Kinder's moto is the "Cross roads to everywhere" - but, I don't think much

stops here.  No Wal-Mart, no Home Depot, etc, the closest of those are a 30

mile one way trip along two lane roads.   Gotten spoiled traveling in my

airplane and being close to a large city.

 

Am able to monitor the Fly Rotary list, just can't reply directly.

 

Thanks

 

Best Regards

 

Ed A

 

 

 

 

Bob, not certain any of these photos got posted to the list of my brake fire

incident.  My brake line was alumimum tube which as can be seen in the one

photo failed with an approx 3/4" chunk blow out the side of the tube -

clearly a fatique failure.  Other photo shows toasted wheel pant and other

photo show aircraft in shalow ditch with the wheel pant still smoldering.

You can see the very bright green antifreeze which my nephew threw on the

blaze buying us some time to go get a fire extinguisher.

 

All repaired - well, other than the toasted wheel pant which will remain

with my nephew as a reminder of this "occassion" with his Uncle Ed {:>).  I

have a capture video frame of the fireball when the hydraulic fluid

ignited - but will have to wait until I get home to post it.

 

Thanks

 

Ed

 

 

Bob Perkinson

Hendersonville, TN.

RV9A N658RP Reserved

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