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joelhaynes
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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Location: Bozeman, MT
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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: N557XW Flies |
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I have the standard Positech cooler and Van's standard firewall forward kit setup. This morning I re-examined my baffles and found a number of little gaps where additional high temp RTV sealant would likely be useful so I plugged them up. I will also cover over my cabin heat take-off with duct tape for the second flight to see what that will do. Calibrating the oil temp probe with boiling water is a great idea as suggested by another lister. I do have a little room to raise the position of my oil cooler if that is necessary later on. Also, I've learned that opening the lower cowl exit some more might be useful. Second flight will be Friday morning after the RTV cures. Thanks to everyone for all the online and offline congrats and advice.
Joel Haynes
7A 0.5 hours
> Congratulations, Joel - isn't it a great feeling?! Regarding the cooling - I have
| Quote: | an 0-360 in my recently completed RV6 - operating in the warmth of Western
Australia. I'm not having any oil cooling problems at the moment - rather the
opposite! I installed a larger oil cooler than standard because I expected to
be operating in high temps. Now that winter is here I've had to tape over about
a third of the cooler to keep temps in the green. What size oil cooler have
you installed?
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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: N557XW Flies |
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I concur on the calibration of the oil probe. i did this and discoverd that Dynon had calibrated their engine monitors to a different range. It may be that the spec sheet for the probe was different to the actual sensors who knows?
All the Dynon's now have a software fix for this. Maybe that other EFI manufacturers made the same assumption.
My temp probe read 20deg F too high....Glad I found this.
Congrats...I'm about 2/3rds thru painting and I'll be into fianl assembly at the hangar
Frak
RV7a...My Zodiac sold last week...Just in time...
From: owner-rv7-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of joelrhaynes(at)aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:14 AM
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Subject: RE: N557XW Flies
I have the standard Positech cooler and Van's standard firewall forward kit setup. This morning I re-examined my baffles and found a number of little gaps where additional high temp RTV sealant would likely be useful so I plugged them up. I will also cover over my cabin heat take-off with duct tape for the second flight to see what that will do. Calibrating the oil temp probe with boiling water is a great idea as suggested by another lister. I do have a little room to raise the position of my oil cooler if that is necessary later on. Also, I've learned that opening the lower cowl exit some more might be useful. Second flight will be Friday morning after the RTV cures. Thanks to everyone for all the online and offline congrats and advice.
Joel Haynes
7A 0.5 hours
> Congratulations, Joel - isn't it a great feeling?! Regarding the cooling - I have
| Quote: | an 0-360 in my recently completed RV6 - operating in the warmth of Western
Australia. I'm not having any oil cooling problems at the moment - rather the
opposite! I installed a larger oil cooler than standard because I expected to
be operating in high temps. Now that winter is here I've had to tape over about
a third of the cooler to keep temps in the green. What size oil cooler have
you installed?
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tadsargent(at)bellsouth.n
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: N557XW Flies |
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Congrats on the flight. I would pay attention to the temps but not make large changes till 25-30 hours or your confident the break-in has occurred. Normal CHT s may not happen till 50 or more hours even though the oil usage may subside. If you oil temps are high calibrate the probes is warm oil not water. Cruise flight oil temps for me are 190 and the cooler is on the back of the #4
Tad Sargent
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