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From: "Steve Brooks" <steve@tsisp.com>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Closer Still
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 17:59:57 -0400
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Paul,
Thanks.  I'll have to order another set of plugs.  The ones in it are new,
but it started life running a little on the rich side, so who knows.

I'm planning on taking the plane to the airport on May 15th, which is about
2 weeks.  I have a short list of things to do before taking it there, but
I'll probably schedule the inspection in just a few days after getting it to
the airport.  It depends on how much time I get to work on it during the
week.  I only work part time, but it varies quite a bit week to week.  .Last
week was very good.  I only worked 2 days.  This week will most likely be
busier, but hopefully not too bad.

I need some good weather to finish painting the stripes.

Steve

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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Closer Still


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brooks" <steve@tsisp.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Closer Still


> It was an interesting weekend working on the plane in between rain
showers.
> I'd no sooner starting doing something and it would start raining again.
> Needless to say, I didn't get the rest of my stripes painted, but I did
> replace the water pump. mount the engine cowlings, buff them out, and do
> some more tuning on the engine,  The engine was really running rough, and
> getting worse each time I ran it.  I finally discovered that putting fuel
in
> the tanks was not just a one time event.  I looked in the fuel tank and it
> was bone dry.  I had just added 5 gallons only 4 or 5 months before.
> Needless to say, it runs much better on gasoline than air. (too bad, air
is
> much cheaper)
>
> I ran it a fair amount with the engine cowlings on for the first time, and
> the temps don't seem too bad.  I didn't want to run it too long or too hot
> for the first run, so as soon  as the thermostat opened up, I shut it
down,
> about a minute later. It was maybe a 5 minute run, but the engine had
> already been run several time earlier, so it was warm when I started the
> run.  A storm is knocking on the door, so I doubt that I'll get any more
> runs in today.
>
> I have a pretty good sized furnace fan that I'm going to put in front of
the
> scoop a few feet, and see if I can cool it sufficiently to do some higher
> RPM tuning.  It is running really good up to 3500, which is as far as I
have
> tuned it so far.  above 3500, it feels like it's going to leap off of the
> ground.  I did have it to 4000 a couple of times, but I thing that I had
> better do that tuning at the airport, where I have more room to get it
> stopped in case the brakes don't hold it back.
>
> Attached are some photos from today.
>
> Steve Brooks
> Cozy MKIV 13BT
>
> Hi, Steve....your Cozy looks great with the cowlings on....I'm sure you
will have it airborne very soon.  A few builders who had a rough running
engine found that by installing a new set of plugs, it ran just fine.  Of
course, it's always nice to have fuel in the tanks.  Thanks for sharing both
your pictures and your experiments with us. Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000
almost flying.
>


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