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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:21:10 -0500
From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Frying pan into the fire....Arrgh
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Chris,
Thank you so much for taking up the baton. I was really sick of carrying 
it and you're obviously the right guy to have it next.  If my experience 
was anything to go by you've almost done you're share. Just one or two 
in-flight issues to go, and you can hand it off to some "newbie". :)

While I know it's possible for an "amateur" to rebuild an engine 
correctly, and the value in being able to get through the learning curve 
is high, some of the smartest people I know (Ed, you) have had issues 
with their own rebuild, so my inclination was to have the engine build 
by someone who's done it thousands of times and knows all the tricks, 
rather than risk a problem with the most critical in-flight component. 
Building an airplane from scratch is hard enough without adding this 
additional effort.

If it were me, I'd take the thing to Bruce and watch while he does it - 
you may recall that I actually did that when my turbo imploded and took 
out a seal. Cost was about $1000 (and I needed a rotor) and it took 
about 6 hours (plus 16 hours driving time).

I guess the good news is that you're new hardware wont be damaged, and 
all you probably need is an O ring.

Like Tracy, I've had my engine well over 235 a couple of times without a 
problem so I doubt you over heated it.

 >So, the fun starts when????????
about 12 months after you're first flight.

Regards and good wishes.
John