X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.9) with ESMTP id 3230718 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:30 -0400 Received: from BMears9413@aol.com by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v39.1.) id q.c39.43aaa6f8 (37162) for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-da03.mx.aol.com (smtprly-da03.mx.aol.com [205.188.249.146]) by cia-ma04.mx.aol.com (v121_r3.13) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA041-5bc148fca1aea7; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:23 -0400 Received: from WEBMAIL-MC17 (webmail-mc17.webmail.aol.com [64.12.170.94]) by smtprly-da03.mx.aol.com (v121_r3.13) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYDA038-5bc148fca1aea7; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:14 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Water in Fuel?? (or another adventure in the aviation events of Ed Anderson) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:14 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 65.182.71.8 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: bmears9413@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CB00DE7CA0C430_1C08_3442_WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39155-STANDARD Received: from 65.182.71.8 by WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com (64.12.170.94) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:14 -0400 Message-Id: <8CB00DE7C94D85F-1C08-19BC@WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO ----------MB_8CB00DE7CA0C430_1C08_3442_WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I would think it ran better with the cold start just because it was putting more volume of water AND fuel in the chambers. I actually a little surprised it had that much stumble. I would think with the fuel injection and a re circulating system it would just pass the water through the system and slowly burn it off. I guess it was a fair amount of water and thats all that was going through the system at the time. Like a quart of so in the bottom of the tank. That would take a bit to pass through. Interesting. Thanks for the report Bob Mears -----Original Message----- From: John Slade To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 9:52 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Water in Fuel?? (or another adventure in the aviation events of Ed Anderson) Ed,? You're too modest. Admit it - you performed that airborne test for the benefit of other rotary drivers.? I've often wondered how a rotary would react to / cope with water in the fuel.? Sounds like we know now.? Many thanks.? John? ? --? Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/? Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html? ----------MB_8CB00DE7CA0C430_1C08_3442_WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I would think it ran better with the cold start just because it was putting more volume of water AND fuel in the chambers. I actually a little surprised it had that much stumble. I would think with the fuel injection and a re circulating system it would just pass the water through the system and slowly burn it off. I guess it was a fair amount of water and thats all that was going through the system at the time. Like a quart of so in the bottom of the tank. That would take a bit to pass through. Interesting.

Thanks for the report

Bob Mears


-----Original Message-----
From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 9:52 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Water in Fuel?? (or another adventure in the aviation events of Ed Anderson)

Ed, 
You're too modest. Admit it - you performed that airborne test for the benefit of other rotary drivers. 
I've often wondered how a rotary would react to / cope with water in the fuel. 
Sounds like we know now. 
Many thanks. 
John 
 
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