3- you would have seen the oil pressure gauge numbers falling.

Now if this engine was on a pylon behind the pilot the first two proba= bly would not apply. <G>

You are damn lucky it didn't catch on fire.

Glad it all worked out for you sir.

Just my opinion.

Ben.

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, Rino <lacombr@nbnet.nb.ca&g= t; wrote:

From: Rino <lacombr@nbnet.nb.ca>
Subject= : [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyro= tary@lancaironline.net>
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:04 AM

Thanks for the response guys!

It was an exiting day to say the least.

At this time of the year there is not a si= ngle boat left on the lake so it took some time before being rescued. = The firemen came and pulled the plane to a local marina where I cut t= he hose fixed it and took off again. I knew that taking off again wit= hout checking the engine was risky but I did not want to leave the plane al= ong the lake for the winter. I made it ok to the airport, about 10 mi= nutes. The engine turned by hand and had all the exhaust pulses and i= t did produced full power as usual. It was a good takeoff, my f= irst on the water.

The oil hose broke at the fitting, (it kin= d of sheared and pulled out of the fitting) a mechanic said the outer fitti= ng ferrule might have been pressed too much and had damaged the hose itself= . In any case this is not the type of hose that should be used = on an aircraft. I had my douts about this type of hose. Unfortu= nately, I was right.

Now, there is another thing about this hos= e. It is not very far from the exhaust stack (I will measure the distance).= The other hose that connect there is coverd with a fire sleeve, plus= wrapped in foil, because it is closer to the exhaust stack. I w= ill have to check that more closely. Did not think of this heat damag= e possibility before now.

Yes the oil pressure warning LED will be t= here on the instrument panel the next time the engine start.

I have Tracy's EM2 and the pressure displa= y flashes when it is low but there is nothing like a flashing RED light to = attract my attention.

Quite a few lessons learned here and proba= bly more are coming up!

Back to the hangar!

Rino

----- Original Message -----

From: Ed Anderson

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12= :35 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressur= e

Great flying, Rino!!&= nbsp; Dead stick landings (having made three in my 10 years) al= ways get my heart rate up a notch not to mention disappearing seat cushions= . Fortunately, the rotary has a lot of bearing area and can survive l= onger without adequate oil pressure than most engines =E2=80=93 but, as Lyn= n said, tear it down, rebuild it and let us know what you find.

<= /DIV>
I only use SS braided= lines for oil, fuel AND coolant (I know a bit anal on the coolant lines be= ing capable of handling 750 psi of coolant pressure), but I have never had = a line break =E2=80=93 yet.

<= /DIV>
Needless to say, glad= you made it down to the lake safely and both you and the aircraft will fly= again.