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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 20:27:25 -0400
Subject: Lumberton is off for Bernie
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From: WALTER B KERR <jbker@juno.com>

Well the airplane is at about 36 hours and I could make it tomorrow, but
the body is weary! I have been busting my hump trying to get a bunch of
little things tied down and some haven't been done. The airplane would do
fine I'm confident to fly the 3+ hour trip and never refuel until we were
back here. Have not flown with all four tanks filled but have flown fuel
thru them all. One of my test I still plan to do and have not is to shut
alternator off and see how long it will fly on the battery, maybe
tomorrow.

Have shut the engine down in flight but have not done any serious glide
numbers with it off. Have been switching fuel pump off and back on when
wish to restart. It fires right off.

The EGT's seem to be getting higher all the time. At WOT today (peak
power mixture)and 5500 feet, turned 5800 rpm for a TAS (best I can
calculate with data available)  of 190 mph and 9 gph. The rotor 2 EGT was
indicating 1826 degrees F. Oil temp was 178 and the water was 208.
Supposedly the high water temp would help efficiency, but hurt power. Am
not sure why the high water temp would hurt power?? The OAT was
indicating 81 degrees. The water pressure is running about 16 psig so do
not think I am close to boiling and Tracy does not think 212 would hurt
the engine. Anyone else got any ideas about 200+ water temps.

At 8500 , the OAT was 10 degrees cooler.Max RPM was 5750 and EGT was
1775.  TAS was 186mph.

Rusty, my MP was 29.7  at start of roll and baro was about 30.0

Bernie, Sorry Ed guess that you will have to represent the rotary crowd
which you will do a super job