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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Turbonetics T04 rotary flies
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:08:54 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

John, I just came back from Lantana. I flew there with the wife in  
rented C-172 (AGAIN), But you were not there. So we tailed it right  
back. It was around 6PM.
Buly


On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:15 PM, John Slade wrote:

> 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
>
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