Congratulations, John.
Well, I hope the diffusers work out as
well for you as they have for me. Unusual to have gauge fuses blow – at least
I have never had one blow - yet. Might want to check for a possible loose
wire.
Keep us posted of future runs.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of John Downing
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008
9:26 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] First Start
Tonight I ran the 13B for 4/10th's of an hour. It
started right off with the mixture knob at the 3:00-o-clock position and
idled good a the 9:00-o-clock position, but with the MAP gauge not working, I
didn't try to do any programming. The tack and manifold
pressure gauge fuse blew so I didn't get any numbers on that, but it was
running so well I let it warm up and the with OSA temp at 71 degrees, the Oil
temp was stable 140 and the water was 165, so Ed I have to say that your idea
on the diffusers is a good one. The engine starts on about 4 inches of
prop travel with either the EFI or the Weber. The low pressure fuel
supply is running at 4.6 #'s and is overpowering the needle valve, so
I will have to change things there, but it really does run nice on the
Weber. It appears that I need to run a direct ground wire to the high
pressure fuel sender, as it isn't working and all the wires check out
okay. The noise is about the same as the average chain saw, which should
help keep the neighbors happy. A big thankyou to you gentlemen, things
are shaping up. JohnD........Rusty are you still out there, things are
awful quiet without you working on something.
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