X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from QMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3744536 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:45 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.27.211; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from OMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.27]) by QMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BhB61c0080b6N64ABhKAaq; Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:10 +0000 Received: from [192.168.2.4] ([98.200.105.92]) by OMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BhK91c0021zdwnW8PhK9TN; Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:10 +0000 Message-ID: <4A4EE64E.2090703@TexasAttorney.net> Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:19:10 -0500 From: Christopher Barber User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First Start References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey HEY...no fair getting to use Ed. Thats cheating!!!!!!=20 Ed, Houston is really nice this time of year....if you don't mind=20 drinking your air...feel free to come visit NASA while here ;-) . After=20 all you DO have an airplane....I am just trying to help out with=20 distinations. Okay, actually I am tickled pink...another rotary Velocity in the mix. =20 I think I may have "20b" envy :-) I look forward to PROGRESS reports. All the best, Chris Barber Velocity SE Houston www.LoneStarVelocity.com jewen@comporium.net wrote: > Today I reached a mile stone on my Velocity / 20B project. The many ho= urs of research, planning, building, etc paid off today as the 20B came t= o life this afternoon. > > About 9:30 this morning, Ed Anderson came by and looked over my install= ation. After finding no major deal breakers we prepared to start up the = 20B for the first time. At first there was no life. Started the routine= troubleshooting - simulate injectors - OK, simulate spark - OK. Well wh= at about the CAS. Traced the wires and found a error in the CAS wiring. = A soldering iron had the problem fixed in about 30 minutes. Now we were= starting to get some puffs of smoke that were actual combustion by produ= cts, but could not quite get it to run. Twice it caught but would not su= stain running. After numerous discussions of lean, rich, try this, try t= hat, recharge the battery - we hit on a combination that would sustain ru= nning. Ran for about 90 seconds at 1500 to 2000 RPM and shut it down. L= ooked over the engine and found everything to still be intact, no major l= eaks, or anything melted. > > Time to take a break, finished off the third pitcher of lemon aid, sat = down and recapped the days events with Ed, while thanking him for all his= help, both today and for all the wisdom I have gain from him through thi= s list. Ed wished me continued success as he departed for home. > > Took a break for dinner, realizing it was the first meal of the day. T= hen I could not resist running it a bit more (7 more times actually.) Sh= owed the wife that it would actually run (she missed the fist start by ab= out 10 minutes.) Worked on validating temp and pressure measurements as = well as tuning on the low speed end. By the end of the night I have a re= peatable starting pattern and have pretty smooth running down to about 10= 00 RPM. Most of the leaves on the south east corner of my property are g= one, the 20B makes a super leaf blower. > > In the end starting a rotary for the first time can be summed up with = one word ... Cool. > > Thanks again for your help Ed and to all on this list that have given w= isdom and knowledge and made this day possible. > > Joe - VELO 173 RG / 20B > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/L= ist.html > > =20