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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:11:21 -0600
From: Bob White <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Re : [FlyRotary] First start
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Congratulations John.  At least that's a first step.  Keep plugging
away at it! :) =20

The rotary was the only engine I've ever messed with that started on my
first attempt.  The previous one before that was the 350 in my Suburban
after I had the heads rebuilt.  I spent an hour trying to get it
started before finding out I didn't have any gas in the tank.

Bob W.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:31:02 -0400
"John Downing" <downing.j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> As compared to no sound, should have added that in also.  JohnD
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>   From: jrmjoseph@videotron.ca=20
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>   Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:08 PM
>   Subject: [FlyRotary] Re : [FlyRotary] First start
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>   So John,
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>   It sounded good :))
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>   Marc Joseph
>   Montreal Canada
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>   De: John Downing <downing.j@sbcglobal.net>
>   Date: Lundi, 15 Septembre 2008, 20:39
>   Objet: [FlyRotary] First start
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>   > This afternoon I had one off my flying friends over and we pulled the=
 plane out of the garage and tried a first start.  I thought the Weber woul=
d be a no brainer, so after checking for spark, I turned on the fuel and th=
e low pressure pumps.  No fuel at the Weber and the low pressure gauge is n=
ot functioning, I found later as I tried the pumps and the fuel flowed into=
 the Weber, as the needle valve didn't hold this time.  Tomorrow I'll check=
 the fuel pressure with a manual gauge and order up the higher pressure nee=
dle valve that Lynn mentioned, if he gives me a heads up as where to find o=
ne.  Next I turned on the high pressure pump, flipped up the cold start swi=
tch and the engine started, it will run with the cold start switch on, but =
on checking we found that only one injector is working.  The injectors wher=
e ones I got from Bruce T. which were rebuilt, so maybe I need to get a new=
 set, as it is a real project to get to the primary's under the over the to=
p intake manifold.  Lots of things to check out tomorrow.  One thing, it di=
dn't make that nasty noise running on one injector and exhausting through t=
he Hushpower II muffler, but it did sound real good running for the first t=
ime.  JohnD
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