X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4426833 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:00:49 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30325AFE3EFCDMAIL06FCDATA_" Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:56:19 +0000 From: Chris Barber In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30325AFE3E@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from fcd-mail06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) byFCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:509::404:509]) with mapi; Wed, 11 Aug2010 11:59:39 -0500 References: Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: New video of my turbo rotary installinmyVelcitySE Thread-Index: AQHLOMy+Lu6m8PHDdUK5MS24zCHc65Lcer3G Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: New video of my turbo rotaryinstallinmyVelcity SE To: Rotary motors in aircraft X-Modus-SURBL: =OK X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30325AFE3EFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The app is Decibel by Gadget Frontier. I do not remember the download info= . I have no idea how accurate it is. The only comparison is a little help = screen that says a normal "quiet" bedroom is between 40 and 50 decibels. M= y bedroom was at 46 with a quiet ceiling fan going (yeah, quiet bedroom....= .poor, lonely Chris........NOT ;-) ) The meter is saying. Come on out to the hangar most any day after about 3:30 pm. After being on= evening shift for two years, I am on day shift for the next several months= (at least that is what is planned). So, in at 6:30, off at 3:00. My cell= is 832-818-CELL (2355). I am in hangar Alpha Papa but I will have to let = you in the gate. All the best, Chris Houston, GSOT ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of = David Moyer [davidm@remconinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:43 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New video of my turbo rotary installinmyVelcity SE What iPhone app are you using to measure the db? I wonder how accurate it i= s. Chris, I need to stop down and see you and check out the plane. I am fin= ishing up my private at Pearland in the next week or so. Have been putting = off working on my plane while finishing up my license, but the rotary is on= the stand and mocked up ready to bolt up to my Cozy. Let me know when you might have some time or will be out at the hangar. Gla= d to hear you are having better luck these days. You sure went through some= pains. David Moyer On 8/10/2010 3:01 PM, Chris Barber wrote: Have made some high power run ups to about 6300 rpm. The high power runs ar= e brief due to it getting hot fast,ESP with 100degree+ ramp temps. Did a d= ecibel check last night at idle. About 83 at 50ish feet. 87 at 25ish feet.= 92 at prop and 83 in cabin. I shudder at what it must have been before the= turbo. Tuning is improving as I improve my comfort zone with the ecu Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Kelly Troyer > wrote: Chris, looking and sounding gooood !!.....................How is your tuning (= EFI) at this time............Made any hi power runups and how close to first flight are = you......... Kelly Troyer "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold ________________________________ From: Chris Barber > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 1:39:00 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] New video of my turbo rotary install in my Velcity SE Much work and time has been spent, but I think I just about have my engine = install where I want it. I took this video today with my new I-Phone. The= quality ok but much better than my old Motorola Cliq (what garbage). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrhMfuOMJJwc Comments are welcome....well, uh....yeah, they are welcome. :-) All the best, Chris Houston, GSOT --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30325AFE3EFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The app is Decibel by Gadget Frontier.  I do not remember th= e download info. I have no idea how accurate it is.  The only com= parison is a little help screen that says a normal "quiet"= bedroom is between 40 and 50 decibels.  My bedroom was at 46 with a quiet ceiling fan going (yeah, quiet bedroom.....poor, = lonely Chris........NOT  ;-) )  The meter is saying. 
 
 
All the best,
 
Chris
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary= @lancaironline.net] on behalf of David Moyer [davidm@remconinc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:43 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New video of my turbo rotary installinmyVel= city SE

What iPhone app are you using to measure the db? I wonder how accurate= it is. Chris, I need to stop down and see you and check out the plane. I a= m finishing up my private at Pearland in the next week or so. Have been put= ting off working on my plane while finishing up my license, but the rotary is on the stand and mocked up read= y to bolt up to my Cozy.

Let me know when you might have some time or will be out at the hangar. Gla= d to hear you are having better luck these days. You sure went through some= pains.
David Moyer

On 8/10/2010 3:01 PM, Chris Barber wrote:
Have made some high power run ups to about 6300 rpm. The high power ru= ns are brief due to it getting hot fast,ESP with 100degree+ ramp temps.=  Did a decibel check last night at idle. About 83 at 50ish feet. &nbs= p;87 at 25ish feet. 92 at prop and 83 in cabin. I shudder at what it must have been before the turbo.   Tuning is imp= roving as I improve my comfort zone with the ecu

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net> wrote:

Chris,
    looking and sounding gooood !!.....................= How is your tuning (EFI) at this
time............Made any hi power runups and how close to first flight= are you.........
 
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold

From: Chris Barber <cbarber@texasatt= orney.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircra= ft <fly= rotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 1= :39:00 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] New vi= deo of my turbo rotary install in my Velcity SE

Much work and time has been spent, but I think I just about have my en= gine install where I want it.  I took this video today with my new I-P= hone.  The quality ok but much better than my old Motorola Cliq (= what garbage).
 
 
Comments are welcome....well, uh....yeah, they are welcome. :-)
 
All the best,
 
Chris
Houston, GSOT
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