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Quick thinking and good flying, John.

When that close to the airport and something goes wrong, the smart thing to do is to put it back down as soon as you can. Fix it on the ground not in the air {:>). I am somewhat surprised that you could not get more than 2500 - that prop must be producing lots of thrust (and engine loading).

Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC

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

From: John Slade

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 4:46 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Injector testing

> I cant get it to run well with any mixture setting (using manual adjustment).

I discovered what might be the solution for my rough / over rich running. I clicked the overall mixture down a couple of notches in mode 3, and now it starts right up first turn and runs much better.

And, for turbo people - I discovered a new, fairly benign, failure mode....

What happens when the intercooler air feed blows off at 300ft on climb out? I can tell you. The engine runs at 2500 rpm and wont go any higher. You level off at 400 ft, do a quick return to the field, cut off a Cherokee on downwind, turn a tight base and dump her back down. No problem. Underware intact. Gotta get a better fit for those turbo pipes!

John Slade (turbo runs just fine when connected. Thanks, Rusty).