Craig.Nelson(at)heraeus.c
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: Ricks trailer/cowl update |
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Rick
I like the doors. It looks kike the trailer tapers to the front of the trailer? Right?
I started the engine with the cowing on for the first time. The back of the cowling shook quite violently. Removed the cowl and put a reinforcement bulkhead in the back where the air exits made of dense foam and carbon - A week later re installed it and it worked well. The baffle I made to force the air through the radiator also worked. Just sitting at idle on the ground I held some plastic streamers at the opening of the cowling at the front and I was amazed at the amount of air being pulled through the cowling. But had another set back. The engine has just 8 hours on it most came B4 the hard landing over two years ago. As we were running the engine and got it to operating temp oil was leaking all over the place. We shut it down and started inspecting. I assumed it was one of my oil lines, checked all of them and decided it was one of the fittings not quite tight enough, spraying oil everywhere. Even redid one line. Re started the engine and still oil all over the place. On closer inspection the oil was coming from behind the stator behind the black plastic cover in the front of the engine. I removed the cowling, oil lines, and water lines and all the electrical, then removed the engine and took it to the rotax dealer here in phoenix. The front oil seal was bad. The engine is now ready to go I will get it Monday as I am working in California all week. Hope to have the air worthiness inspection early next year. The engine did not run for the two years Every time I thought about it I would turn the engine over by hand. In a previous post “not running the engine is the worst thing you can do to it” I do believe to be true! glad it let go in the drive way rather than over the Grand Canyon.
Uncle craig
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