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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:31:58 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Progress Report: Velocity N17010
From: "David Moyer" <davidm@remconinc.com>
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Congrats Chris!!! Glad to hear things are working out better for you. Nice
to have things come together and work right on the first crank for once. I
hope my first crank goes as well. I need to stop by and check out your
plane. Did you get your hanger back yet?

Wish I was as close to flying as you are. Trying to finish up my private
license and get the plane done some time in the next century. Really
planning on trying to get the plane finished up in the next year or so.
The engine is ready to go short of hoses and oil coolers.

David Moyer
Cozy Mark-IV / 13B (Soon to be Turbo)
Houston

> Tracy et al,
>
> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!!!!   I am not quite sure how to act. In the
> last chapter of the continuing saga I informed all of the broken ground
> wire to my ECU.  How I had to send the unit back and how I not only
> scrambled the brains of the EC2 but also of the EM2.  While you had it I
> received the fuel pumps from RWS that had been back ordered to replace
> the noisy MGS(?)  pumps with push on hose connections <yikes>.  I
> installed the new pumps and much better plumbing to them a couple of
> weeks ago while waiting for the electronics to return.
>
> Well, I got my electronics back and installed them all back in the plane
> day before yesterday......NOW, here is the scary part.  I turned on
> everything, placed the mixture in the middle, gave two shots of primer,
> hit the start switch......AND IT STARTED.....IN LESS THAN ONE
> BLADE.....kinda like, uh, well...a car engine <g>.  No hesitation. Fired
> up and ran strong, clean and consistent through all power settings.  Who
> would of thunk it??????  Again,I am not quite sure how to act. I may
> have to start working on other parts of the airplane and support
> systems..  Did ya put some voodoo magic in the boxes this time?
>
> Also, the new pumps are significantly more quite....just an added perk.
> OAT today was 100 + and my temps stayed good.  I added two four inch
> fans under my oil cooler  to pull air through which is helping keep the
> oil temps lower longer.  The coolant temp has not been an issue at lower
> power settings since I installed the larger radiator/heat exchanger.
> Oil is still running over coolant but I can let the engine sit on the
> ramp (where an electronic thermostat sitting on the strake read 132
> degrees) at a moderate idle all day long and not worry about it.
>
> Oh, yes, I rewired the ground wire that broke and am confidant (ok,
> confidant with fingers crossed) with the current install.
>
> Go figure.
>
> All the best,
>
> Chris Barber
> Houston
>
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