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Thanks Bob,

If I can get the 13B to idle at 800, that will be good.  There won't be
anything noticeable with the reddrive until you put a prop on it.  Then
there will be a resonance at some rpm.  It will depend on the prop
somewhat too.

The Spitfire is going to be a pretty hot ride for a low time pilot.  Be
careful and get as much dual time in something high performance after
you get the license.  Best yet, let someone else fly off the test
period and do a lot of dual in the Spitfire.

Bob W. (Flight Instructor whose license expired long ago talking.)


On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:31:39 -0500
bmears9413@aol.com wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> That will be a great car! I was idling down to 800 rpm for a bit. I jockied the throttle a few times slightly and could idle anywhere from 800 to 1200 consistently and smoothly. Redrive never made any noise that we could hear, bout obviously we might miss that. I cant help myself to keep from giving it little more juice this weekend. Dont want any high revs, but would like to pull it up to 2000 and hear what it will sound like. Will be ever so careful! 
> 
> Bob Mears
> Supermarine Spitfire
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob White <bob@bob-white.com>
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 3:55 pm
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Bob Mears
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I would be interested in the idle speed as well.  I couldn't idle below
> around 1600 or so in the plane but that was mostly because the redrive
> started rattling.  In the Alpine (car) I will be putting the engine in,
> I would like something below 1000 I think.  
> 
> Also, a while back I asked Tracy if he could put a rev limiter function
> in the EC2.  Since I won't have a load on the engine when I start it,
> there isn't any protection against my own stupidity.  He said it's
> already in there for his latest upgrades.  Anything over 7500 rpm will
> cut fuel flow until the rpm drops below 7500, then turn it on again.
> That should take some of the danger out of running without a prop, and
> keep me from blowing the engine up in the car if I start it with my
> foot holding the throttle half open.
> 
> Bob W. (Future home of my airplane engine attached.)
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 07:38:02 +1000
> "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Bob,
> > A Licence would be handy( or are you pulling our leg), however the aircraft 
> isn't quite finished yet, so you have a little time.
> > 
> > Yes! exciting times! The exhaust sounds very quiet, I'm wondering if it's the 
> interesting and unusual exhaust design ( which I have always liked since seeing 
> it) or that it just at idle - it's seems a very low idle as well!
> > George ( down under)
> >   Here's the real first start.Had to edit it to shorten it....im really gonna 
> have to get a pilots license
> >   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1fhLxtYI0
> > 
> > 
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