X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-db01.mx.aol.com ([205.188.91.95] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5068271 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:39:27 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.91.95; envelope-from=Bktrub@aol.com Received: from imo-da01.mx.aol.com (imo-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.199]) by imr-db01.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p6U1coLa021515 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:50 -0400 Received: from Bktrub@aol.com by imo-da01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.1135.464c93b (55713) for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com [64.12.143.155]) by cia-md01.mx.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMD014-d41c4e3360a38; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:47 -0400 Received: from webmail-d100 (webmail-d100.sim.aol.com [205.188.255.1]) by smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMD022-d41c4e3360a38; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:43 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Back to Phase 1 testing Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:43 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 50.46.146.205 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: bktrub@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CE1C708CF07201_12BC_118E96_webmail-d100.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 33996-STANDARD Received: from 50.46.146.205 by webmail-d100.sysops.aol.com (205.188.255.1) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:43 -0400 Message-Id: <8CE1C708CE6EC6D-12BC-61452@webmail-d100.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: Bktrub@aol.com ----------MB_8CE1C708CF07201_12BC_118E96_webmail-d100.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Interesting that BOTH # 3 coils went. Are they farther away from a blast= tube or is there some other reason that they would go and not the others? Brian Trubee -----Original Message----- From: Tracy To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Fri, Jul 29, 2011 11:13 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Back to Phase 1 testing Was finally getting around to doing hot weather cooling and altitude perfo= rmance=20 esting in the RV-8 yesterday. Cooling was good during a high power climb= to=20 4500 ft where I leveled out ( I had forgotten to put the Ox bottle in the= =20 lane). Throttled up to WOT to see where the speed topped out at but. = After=20 ess than a minute I felt some engine roughness and noticed rotor 3 EGT wen= t=20 bove alarm threshold so I throttled back to low power. #3 EGT then went= low=20 ff scale and I could tell that the engine was only running on 2 rotors. = I=20 hen smelled a faint electrical burning smell that lasted about 2 minutes.= =20 ngine was surprisingly smooth for having a dead rotor and still had more= than=20 nough power for cruise flight but obviously it was time to get back on the= =20 round and find out what went wrong. did all the usual diagnostics on the= long=20 lide down with no joy. Made normal landing, poped off the cowl and coil diagnostics test revealed= that=20 oth coils on rotor 3 were dead. I had done the coil disable tests prior= to=20 akeoff so I know they were both good then. I'm using RX-8 coils and there= have=20 een too many failures for me to feel good about them any longer. I order= ed a=20 et of LS-1s to replace them. Tracy - omepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ rchive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.= html ----------MB_8CE1C708CF07201_12BC_118E96_webmail-d100.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

Interesting that BOTH #= 3 coils went. Are they farther away from a blast tube or is there some ot= her reason that they would go and not the others?

Brian Trubee

-----Original Message-----
From: Tracy <rwstracy@gmail.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Fri, Jul 29, 2011 11:13 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Back to Phase 1 testing

Was=
 finally getting around to doing hot weather cooling and altitude performa=
nce=20
testing in the RV-8 yesterday.   Cooling was good during a high power clim=
b to=20
14500 ft where I leveled out ( I had forgotten to put the Ox bottle in the=
=20
plane).   Throttled up to WOT to see where the speed topped out at but. =
  After=20
less than a minute I felt some engine roughness and noticed rotor 3 EGT we=
nt=20
above alarm threshold so I throttled back to low power.   #3 EGT then went=
 low=20
off scale and I could tell that the engine was only running on 2 rotors.=
   I=20
then smelled a faint electrical burning smell that lasted about 2 minutes.=
  =20
Engine was surprisingly smooth for having a dead rotor and still had more=
 than=20
enough power for cruise flight but obviously it was time to get back on th=
e=20
ground and find out what went wrong.   did all the usual diagnostics on th=
e long=20
glide down with no joy.

Made normal landing, poped off the cowl and coil diagnostics test revealed=
 that=20
both coils on rotor 3 were dead.   I had done the coil disable tests prior=
 to=20
takeoff so I know they were both good then.  I'm using RX-8 coils and ther=
e have=20
been too many failures for me to feel good about them any longer.   I orde=
red a=20
set of LS-1s to replace them.

Tracy
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