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Yeah, I kinda knew what they were, but had a brain fart as to the term. Thanks. I have emailed Tracy as to send it back and to try to determine what went wrong. Seems this kind of stuff always happens around Sun & Fun and during Osh <g>.
Gotta admit, I would rather it happen and be discovered now, even though I hate the added delay of first start of my newly built engine. So it goes.
All the best,
Chris
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Rogers" <dale.r@cox.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Uh oh, this can't be good - RD-1B PSRU woes
Dude!
Them ain't pellets, them's roller bearings!
Yup, that one's got to have depot maintenance.
Dale R.
Christopher Barber wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong, but the stuff inside my RD-1B shown in the attached pictures, I am guessin' is not good. For as much as I know about PSRU engineering, maybe the loose pellets are an "added feature."
While I was remounting my newly built 13b back on to the rear of the Velocity I decided to try to hunt down a pesky PSRU oil leak that had been problematic before the engine tear down/build of the last few weeks. I could not see anything obvious, so feeling emboldened after building my second gen 13b with all new housings last week, before I mounted the re-drive onto the newly installed engine, I removed the through bolts holding the PSRU together
DOH! What the hell are all those little pellets and fragments of black plastic??????
What gives? This unit was on the engine for about 6 of the 8 hours on the old engine (those first two unloaded hours may be part of the reason for my need for a new engine<??> What went wrong? What is the cure?
I am thinking I need to crate this up and ship it off to RWS for review and repair. Maybe it will get there about the same time as folks return from Sun & Fun.
I was so happy putting everything back together following the engine build. I thought I would be ready for first start tomorrow. Well, since I am well acquainted with Murphy and knowing full well that Murphy and his little law is quite optimistic, I am on semi-hold.
Thanks for any insight.
All the best,
Chris
Houston
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