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From: "Tracy Hallock" <thallock@austin.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First Start of Renesis
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 00:38:35 -0500
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Dennis,

Congrats.  Looks like I'm going to have to come by after vacation and have a 
look.

Tracy.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Haverlah" <clouduster@austin.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:39 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] First Start of Renesis


> Wednesday I started my RX-8 Renesis engine for the first time!!!  The 
> engine is mounted on my almost complete RV-7A using one of Fred's motor 
> mounts.  I still need to mount the cowl to the aircraft and duct the inlet 
> to the radiator.  I'm using a 13 X 19 X 2.5" thick aluminum  radiator from 
> Griffin, the stock of cooler from an 89 RX-7, James cowl for rotaries with 
> the "shark" inlet below the spinner and my coolers are mounted below the 
> engine with the forward end high and the aft end low.
>
> The engine ran fine at low rpm but would not run above 2000 rpm.  I 
> believe the mixture was too lean but I've not been able to improve the 
> situation with the mixture know.  I guess it's time to learn to program 
> the EC-2. - and also get the auto programming going.
>
> Bobby Hughes was here today and may post a picture of my engine and me 
> with my big grin.
>
> Dennis H.
>
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