X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 1042640 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:10:48 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.117; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from mwebmail36.att.net ([204.127.135.75]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <2006032218100411300747aqe>; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:10:04 +0000 Received: from [63.157.95.54] by mwebmail36.att.net; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:10:03 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Turbonetics T04 rotary flies Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:10:03 +0000 Message-Id: <032220061810.4852.442192FA000218AD000012F42160466648019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 28 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4852_1143051003_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4852_1143051003_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ROCK ON John !!! We will all want squeeze every ounce of flight info from you about how the TO-4 performs.........Less acceleration of course will be normal because of the slower spool-up of the larger turbine........TO-4 will be a distance runner not a sprinter !! -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from John Slade : -------------- > After a lot of delay from out-of-town work, patio rebuilding and "cut & > paste" stainless steel work on the heat shield, I can finally report > that the new turbo T04 installation flies. The one issue I had on the > 0.9 local flight was an erroneous EGT reading. I installed a new sensor > and it's reading very low - 300F. > > Boost still has a tendency to run away above 44 MAP. I've been gradually > tweaking the boost controller toward minus on each ground run, but the > wastegate doesn't seem to be doing anything. So far I have about 1.5 > hours ground running on the turbo. I held her at 40 MAP for take off > which was more than enough to get me 80kts less than half way down the > 3000' funway. > > Take off acceleration seems to be a little less than with the stock > turbo. There's no sign of oil or soot on the prop and the oil (recently > changed) is staying "oil color". With all the stock turbos the oil went > black within an hour of running. > > Perhaps now, finally, the fun begins..... > Regards, > John Slade > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4852_1143051003_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    ROCK ON John !!! We will all want squeeze every ounce of flight
info from you about how the TO-4 performs.........Less acceleration
of course will be normal because of the slower spool-up of the larger
turbine........TO-4 will be a distance runner not a sprinter !!
--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2




-------------- Original message from John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>: --------------


> After a lot of delay from out-of-town work, patio rebuilding and "cut &
> paste" stainless steel work on the heat shield, I can finally report
> that the new turbo T04 installation flies. The one issue I had on the
> 0.9 local flight was an erroneous EGT reading. I installed a new sensor
> and it's reading very low - 300F.
>
> Boost still has a tendency to run away above 44 MAP. I've been gradually
> tweaking the boost controller toward minus on each ground run, but the
> wastegate doesn't seem to be doing anything. So far I have about 1.5
> hours ground running on the turbo. I held her at 40 MAP for take off
> which was more than enough to get me 80kts less than half way down the
> 3000' funway.
> < BR>> Take off acceleration seems to be a little less than with the stock
> turbo. There's no sign of oil or soot on the prop and the oil (recently
> changed) is staying "oil color". With all the stock turbos the oil went
> black within an hour of running.
>
> Perhaps now, finally, the fun begins.....
> Regards,
> John Slade
>
> --
> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/
> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/
--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_4852_1143051003_0--