. Wow, who'd of thunk = it. Oh, btw, on an unrelated note, I was promoted to corporal = yesterday at work. (we only have corporal's and sergeants on the streets). FWIW. =20 All the best, Chris Velocity SE N17010 New 2nd gen 13b turbo block, Medium street port,by Mazdatrix Mistral intake RWS 2.17 Redrive RWS EM2 RWS EC2 IVO in flight adjustable Magnum 3 blade prop Aeroelectic Z-14 duel alt/duel bat ------=_NextPart_000_007E_01C8E1F8.F3E68910 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

That surging at the end of the first = video sure=20 sounds familiar....

Mike Wills

RV-4 N144MW

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Christopher Barber =
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 = 10:45=20 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Saga vids = on utube=20 and MORE checking the basics

Submitted for=20 your consideration....

http://www.youtube.= com/watch?v=3DqsndDKG1OuE

http://www.youtube.= com/watch?v=3D86fy3qNCVJs

     Right after = both of these=20 runs we discovered the reason for some of the = roughness

     present in these runs. = The nut=20 holding the crank angle sensor was not tightened properly. GOTTA = check

     the basics. =20 DOH!

     That is me at the controls and my = buddy,=20 Russell, on cam. (he discovered the infinity focus feature

      just AFTER these videos were taken = <g>.  He is actually the smartest guy I=20 know.

     I am coming to the conclusion = that=20 many/most of my current concerns are
     = electrically=20 based. So, I will be running and checking wires AGAIN. =20 I
     am really annoyed by the RPM indicator = going to=20 zero when I go over
     about 5400ish rpm = (usually). I=20 still have some power to go but do not know what = I
    =20 actually achieve. Actually, today, in the second = video, it got=20 to 5000 but then went to zero.

     When I backed off the throttle, it = went to a=20 couple erratic numbers then went back to=20 normal

     Still lots more to discover and = tweak. However, did you notice my = plane
     is=20 actually moving under its own power <G>. Wow, who'd of thunk=20 it.

     Oh, btw, on an unrelated note, I = was=20 promoted to corporal yesterday at = work.
     (we=20 only have corporal's and sergeants on the streets). =20 FWIW.


     = All the=20 best,

     = Chris
    =20 Velocity SE N17010
     New 2nd gen 13b turbo=20 block,
     Medium street port,by=20 Mazdatrix
     Mistral=20 intake
     RWS 2.17=20 Redrive
     RWS = EM2
     RWS=20 EC2
     IVO in flight adjustable Magnum 3 = blade=20 prop
     Aeroelectic Z-14 duel alt/duel=20 bat

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