Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #48556
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Mystery Radio Noise
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:30:52 -0400
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Buy new underwear at Wall-marts?

 

The exhaust pipe could be rolling vortexs off its tips affecting your comm. Antenna. 

 

Ed

 


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bobby J. Hughes
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:54 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Mystery Radio Noise

 

Got the plane back together late Sunday just in time for a few laps around the airport. Oil temps showed major improvements with the larger inlets. Climbing at 100 mph to 3000 ft, 7200 rpm on take off, reduced to 6500 rpm at 500 ft agl.

Maintained 6500 rpm at 37" MP for several circuits. Oil temps went to 220F but started to come down when I leveled off. Water stay at 190F or below. OAT was 88F . My new "test"  ducts do not seal as well as the first set so hopefully I still have room for improvement.

 

While level at 3000 ft \ ground speed showing 145 knots I pitched the nose down and heard a startling noise in my headset. Almost like wires shorting. Leveled off and noise stopped. Pitched up no change. Pitch down the noise returned. I decided it could not be wiring and repeated this several times. It also happened at slower speeds but I don't remember at what speed it stopped. It doesn't happen on the ground at full power run up. My guess is my new exhaust is somehow affecting the comm antenna when in a nose down attitude. The exhaust ends about 1 ft in front and 1 ft to the side of the antenna. Any ideas?

 

Bobby J Hughes

RV-10 SC Renesis

 



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