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RV10inOz 12-12-2013 10:01 PM

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We lean from 663', flowing 25.6 gph, to our usual cruise altitude of 12,500' at a takeoff EGT of 1250F, 2700 RPM. Once at cruise, RPM to 2200-2450, WOT, pull mixture to get me close noting normal FF of 9.5-10.5 gph(yes, I am always below 75%), then slowly lean using GRT to 30-40F LOP. Typically cruise at 150-158 KTAS.

How many hours on the engine? 125 since Dec 1, 2011 thanks to our great economy.
What plugs do you use?massive on top and fine wire on bottom
How long since they were gapped? 25
How many hours on them? 125 on massive/25 on fine wire

Can you send me a EMS data file?No
I will try to deal with each part separately. Your takeoff fuel flow and EGT are spot on, and the use of Target EGT is excellent, that is great, and you are pretty close to best power or slightly richer doing that once you get above say 9000', so the climb rate is maximised and everything is great.

The RPM selection is fine but where I am sure the problem kicks in is best answered by reading my post to Kevin Horton http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...0&postcount=23 in that you are going a long way LOP, and if you are doing what you think is 30-40dF LOP at that altitude, and you are running smooth, I would say your GAMI spread is pretty darned good. For better BSFC I would encourage about 10dF LOP at that height and you will get more like 160TAS than low 150's. But I am impressed your F/A ratio's are so good untuned.

Spark plugs sound good??the economy, well I have been doing my best to inject cash into it of recent times. :)

Wayne Gillispie 12-13-2013 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834118)
I will try to deal with each part separately. Your takeoff fuel flow and EGT are spot on, and the use of Target EGT is excellent, that is great, and you are pretty close to best power or slightly richer doing that once you get above say 9000', so the climb rate is maximised and everything is great.

The RPM selection is fine but where I am sure the problem kicks in is best answered by reading my post to Kevin Horton http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...0&postcount=23 in that you are going a long way LOP, and if you are doing what you think is 30-40dF LOP at that altitude, and you are running smooth, I would say your GAMI spread is pretty darned good. For better BSFC I would encourage about 10dF LOP at that height and you will get more like 160TAS than low 150's. But I am impressed your F/A ratio's are so good untuned.

Spark plugs sound good??the economy, well I have been doing my best to inject cash into it of recent times. :)

GAMI spread, balance injectors and running a little richer is on my to do list. Thank you for your advice.

rvator10 12-13-2013 11:27 AM

I had a similar event and accounted it to ice gulp?

RV10inOz 12-13-2013 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne Gillispie (Post 834157)
GAMI spread, balance injectors and running a little richer is on my to do list. Thank you for your advice.

Hi Wayne, I suspect your injectors may well be fine as they are, you could be one of the lucky ones. If it is 0.5 or better, happy days!

Let me know how you go.

Best regards

RV10inOz 12-13-2013 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rvator10 (Post 834254)
I had a similar event and accounted it to ice gulp?

Is your engine carby or IO? If IO not likely and the rest of the thread is a good read.

DanH 12-13-2013 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834109)
The first Data block I have noted is at peak or just lean of peak, in an attempt to keep the HP the same rather than the reduced power and obviously even lower PSI's. The second is full rich.
1. MP=31" RPM=2400 BMEP 133.9 BHP=219 ICP's ranged 600-620PSI
2. MP=31" RPM=2395 BMEP 136.6 BHP=223 ICP's ranged 750-780PSI

Now we're getting somewhere. The subject is break-in (post 33, paragraph 4), meaning the goal is to generate ring pressure. When quantified, we see there is no significant difference between knob twiddling on climb out and just leaving the knobs alone and flying the new airplane...except for the much-maligned ICP, the source of combustion ring pressure.

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I think if you had done any of this even doing it slowly on either the FAA's or GAMI's test cell you would not be so scared and willing to believe the BS Lycoming have printed.
You the same guy who detonated your 540 and blamed it on a too-short mixture cable?

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...9&postcount=15

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I suggest you email the editor of the AOPA's Australian magazine and ask her about her first BMP done overwater at 1500' and see how she responds. So all the smarter tougher and more macho test pilots should be able to cope.
Ahh...even girls do it. Good argument.

I'm going to stick with suggesting that rusty pilots flying their new RV's just leave the knobs alone, fly the airplane, and stay eyes out until well clear of the airport area. LOP is good; learn it in cruise first, and progress to more advanced management later, after sorting out the airplane.

The stats say early test flights are the deadly ones. Let's not make it more complicated.

RV10inOz 12-13-2013 09:11 PM

Dan,

You are getting somewhere but missed the point.
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Now we're getting somewhere. The subject is break-in (post 33, paragraph 4), meaning the goal is to generate ring pressure. When quantified, we see there is no significant difference between knob twiddling on climb out and just leaving the knobs alone and flying the new airplane...except for the much-maligned ICP, the source of combustion ring pressure.
During break in you want less of the peak and more of a broad area under the curve to give you better break in. The graph below is generated from real data and plotted nicely for classroom use. Take a look at which has a lower peak ICP but a broader and wider range of average pressure. So tell me which is better Dan, a higher MEAN effective pressure or, higher peak pressure? Higher CHT or lower CHT? Cleaner or dirtier combustion chamber and oil? One operation as all the good things and less of the bad. (NB: 80dF LOP would be better, this graphic is produced to show the traditional thinking 50LOP/50ROP comparison. It applies here full rich Vs even 50dF LOP.)


As I said before, either do it full rich or 80dF LOP.

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You the same guy who detonated your 540 and blamed it on a too-short mixture cable?
Glad you remember that, that incident/s happened with very high inlet temps, and rapidly rising CHT on a few (not all) cylinders and only started with a takeoff with already hot cylinders. Looked all the world like either preignition (i.e. maybe a cracked ceramic) but it was not, or the very mild edge of light detonation. Even to the point we wondered if there was fuel contamination. The data at the time looked like it. As you rightly remembered we found the flex in the bracket from engine thrust and too short a cable was the cause.

I subsequently looked into this with George Braly and we concluded it was not detonation in the true sense as defined by the FAA. It may well have been close and enough to register on the Lycoming test method, but I doubt it. But the CHT rise per second looked almost like it. So today, I would write that post differently.

Ouch!!
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Ahh...even girls do it. Good argument.
Proves the point, but she is a pretty sharp operator I guess, so how about an old retired airline guy, took him flying today, got him to do a BMP, never done one before, and exactly like Kreisha Ballantyne he landed bang on target at the appropriate number of degrees LOP. I mean bang on with huh accuracy, and so did Kreisha and everyone else I have asked to do it. Close your eyes and pull back, under two seconds, eyes open.

And here you are complaining about eyes down in the cockpit. Please, the BMP means NO FIDDLING, and maximum eyes outside. In a busy terminal area this is what we teach, no fiddling just a BMP and park the engine in a safe place. Works for turbo or NA guys. Zero downsides. Maximum SA.

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I'm going to stick with suggesting that rusty pilots flying their new RV's just leave the knobs alone, fly the airplane, and stay eyes out until well clear of the airport area. LOP is good; learn it in cruise first, and progress to more advanced management later, after sorting out the airplane.
Stick with what you like, but I am going to challenge you that RUSTY pilots should not be test flying their new RV's. I am on the board of the SAAA (Australian EAA) and was a founding participant in http://www.rvflightsafety.org ( I even named it :) ) and one of the biggest things we push is recency and experience for test flying any new plane. We are having a big push here at the moment with CASA over transition training in a formalised sense, and I know this is one of the issues in the USA as well, and Van himself is very strong on these matters.

If the pilot is incapable of doing a BMP on his second or third flight which will be longer duration typically, then fine, leave it full rich as that is where it belongs, unless you are comfortable with a simple BMP to a high power LOP breaking. It is a non event. Clearly you have not done any. I have done many.

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and progress to more advanced management later, after sorting out the airplane.
I have to agree 100% :) On your first flight there are priorities, but for the majority who have done a good job, the first flight should uncover nothing of any significant nature, and the second or third flight there is far more capacity for a two second BMP while you move onto other things. If the first flight yields major issues, fuel or oil leaks etc, then back on the deck, fix it and then you basically have another first flight again. I firmly believe if the first flight did not prove the plane was capable of a 4 hour flight next, then the next flight after rectification is a first flight repeated.

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The stats say early test flights are the deadly ones. Let's not make it more complicated.
Agree again. I have sat down and poured through 10 years of NTSB accident reports and 10 years of ATSB reports, looking at those stats. Plus the special focus on ABE that the FAA and ATSB have done. Even provided some corrections to ATSB. So I agree 100%.

So tell me on the second or third flight what achieves the most eyes down and complication?
A: flying around and constantly worry about the high CHT's. (Eyes down a lot, and that is what happens) Refer all the threads on VAF as statistical data.
B: flying to 1500-2000' levelling off, accelerating and cooling the engine and doing a BMP that requires absolutely no eyes down, (most folk need to close their eyes the first couple of times-perhaps in transition training) and then parking the engine safely and not worrying about CHT's as much. Then sitting in the lounge at home later looking at data.

You might prefer A, but I prefer B.

You do not have to agree with me, the readers can make up their own mind, but when you rock up to Ada in March, print this out and go ask Deakin or Atkinson during a lunch break what they think is the better way to go for engine breakin and safety of eyes outside. I would love to hear their comments.

Anyway, enjoy your RV8, and thanks for all the good posts on airflow under cowls and all that good stuff!

MGS767 12-14-2013 04:36 AM

Same experience
 
I witness the same shudder for approximate one second a couple of weeks ago.
Aircraft type RV-10 with 550 hours on the engine. After flying the aircraft for 45 minutes to our destination the aircraft sat on the ground for approximate one hour. The shudder occurred on climb out passing through 3000 feet AGL, approximate 6 minutes after take off.
We have a light speed electronic ignition running the top plugs W27EMR-C, magneto operating the bottom plugs Champion REM 38 E.
At the time fuel boost pump was off, mixture full rich. OAT was approximate 27c quite warm.
I tried to download the engine data, from the Advance AF-2500 EMS, had an issue with my laptop not having a serial port. I have ordered a USB to Serial converter hopping this will allow me to download the EMS data.

David once I download the data would you mind taking a look please?

Mike
Western Australia

DanH 12-14-2013 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834415)
During break in you want less of the peak and more of a broad area under the curve to give you better break in.

In the context of desired ring pressure, tell me why.

AlexPeterson 12-14-2013 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DanH (Post 834451)
In the context of desired ring pressure, tell me why.

I'll add some more to this question - I have heard about pressure being needed during break-in to "seat the rings" better. Exactly what forces does the cylinder pressure apply to the rings? I can see the pressure forcing the rings towards the crankshaft within the piston grooves, but I do not see anything forcing the rings radially outward. If anything, the pressure in the cylinder will "find" the outer diameters of the rings through the oil film and apply radial force inward on the rings. There will, of course, be some pressure which finds its way over the top and behind the rings, but that is a more tortuous path than through the oil film on the OD of the rings. ??

selhardt 12-14-2013 06:22 PM

Gonna have to renew for 2014 to see how this comes out
 
Rv10inoz makes me weary.

Pay for the course - all secrets of the universe will be revealed....

RV10inOz 12-14-2013 07:05 PM

Nice try?."why not say something nasty about my mother!" ??Smokey and the Bandit.

If you just realised. I have no vested interest in you going to a 2.5 day course. None whatsoever, so take the skeptical view and analyse it now.

I am skeptical about someone who wants everything for nothing. I think Doug Reeves might have a view on that. :cool: Read the red block on the left of screen.

Facts are, that it is impossible to put all that education up in an internet post. Walter Atkinson did a BRILLIANT job of putting the online course together, these guys ploughed heaps of time and money into it. So you really can't judge until you have been. But there is still a price for that. It covers 75% of the live course but is 40% the cost.

Ask me to explain the beauty of Mt Rushmore or the Sydney Opera House?..unless you have been you have no clue.

?Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.? ― Robert A. Heinlein

RV10inOz 12-14-2013 07:12 PM

Alex, great question.

The answers to the desired ring pressure over a wider range of time/distance were answered in the graph.

As for how the pressures work this video might be as good an explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDk1TY-n0fM

aerhed 12-14-2013 07:20 PM

The pressure results from the ring land above the ring driving down on the side of the ring, whose profile (keystone on most of ours) creates torsion which increases pressure on the cylinder wall.....methinks.

AlexPeterson 12-14-2013 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834657)
Alex, great question.

The answers to the desired ring pressure over a wider range of time/distance were answered in the graph.

As for how the pressures work this video might be as good an explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDk1TY-n0fM

David, thanks, but the question I posed remains. It doesn't appear that the concept shown on the video is taking into account that the pressure also acts on the right hand, cylinder side, of the ring. Just because the ring is against the wall doesn't mean that the pressure isn't trying to push it away from the cylinder wall. This is a classic trap in understanding how pressures interact with objects. If the outer surface of the ring were conical, with only the top edge contacting the cylinder wall, we might be on to something of an explanation. It's been a while since I've looked closely at a ring, and I don't recall how they are fashioned.

Assuming the outer surface of the ring is indeed cylindrical, perhaps a more intuitive way to grasp this phenomenon (the classic trap mentioned above) is to imagine a ring set in a cylinder, with no piston. Now apply static pressure to the cylinder - is this static pressure pushing the ring harder against the cylinder wall in this case? It is not.

If larger areas under the curve of pressure vs time do indeed help engine rings break in, there might be some other mechanism at work.

DanH 12-15-2013 09:07 AM

The basic concept of combustion pressure applying radial ring pressure was settled 80 years ago. The bibliography in C.F. Taylor's The Internal Combustion Engine.. lists several research papers from the day. The best current pressure measurement information would probably require an SAE membership or similar, but you'll no doubt find reams on the net.

Practical example: Assuming a basic rectangular ring section, the standard has been about 0.0015" clearance between the top surface of the ring and its land in order to provide a path for combustion pressure. High RPM can float the ring within this clearance; some motorsports engines run a clearance of ~0.0005" and use drilled passages to port combustion pressure to the back of the ring land. Our Lycomings use wedge and half wedge sections, but the basic principles are the same.

Returning to focus...

The fundamental point in this conversation is that piston ring radial pressure is roughly proportional to gas pressure, and we require significant radial pressure for ring seating. That is why every break-in recommendation you've ever seen says "rich and high power", inter-spaced with short periods of light load to allow a degree of surface flushing and cooling. Failure to do so results in glazed cylinders and non-conforming rings.

Although LOP operation is a generally wonderful thing, it is not appropriate for all operations, and certainly not for ring seating. And yes, as stated, the reason is right there on the chart so kindly provided.


Bavafa 12-15-2013 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DanH (Post 834768)
The basic concept of combustion pressure applying radial ring pressure was settled 80 years ago. The bibliography in C.F. Taylor's The Internal Combustion Engine.. lists several research papers from the day. The best current pressure measurement information would probably require an SAE membership or similar, but you'll no doubt find reams on the net.

Practical example: Assuming a basic rectangular ring section, the standard has been about 0.0015" clearance between the top surface of the ring and its land in order to provide a path for combustion pressure. High RPM can float the ring within this clearance; some motorsports engines run a clearance of ~0.0005" and use drilled passages to port combustion pressure to the back of the ring land. Our Lycomings use wedge and half wedge sections, but the basic principles are the same.

Returning to focus...

The fundamental point in this conversation is that piston ring radial pressure is roughly proportional to gas pressure, and we require significant radial pressure for ring seating. That is why every break-in recommendation you've ever seen says "rich and high power", inter-spaced with short periods of light load to allow a degree of surface flushing and cooling. Failure to do so results in glazed cylinders and non-conforming rings.

Although LOP operation is a generally wonderful thing, it is not appropriate for all operations, and certainly not for ring seating. And yes, as stated, the reason is right there on the chart so kindly provided.


Once again, thank you Dan. Explained in such a way that even I can understand it.

DaAV8R 12-15-2013 12:07 PM

Ring Seating
 
Nice post Dan.

This is consistent with what I have always done. Fly the $#!% out of it and vary the power from time to time.

It's all a lot of data to simply say, "fly it like you stole it" :)

aerhed 12-15-2013 05:09 PM

Thanks Dan, I forgot all about the gas pressure behind the rings. Some things go glimmering if you don't, think about them for a few years.

RV10inOz 12-15-2013 06:29 PM

Dan, you have missed the point.

The area under the curve representing Mean effective pressure over a wider range, and further from the choke area.

At the nominal recommended 75% power or 80% power or whatever number you choose, the MAEN effective pressure is the determining factor is it not? As it is it is the mean pressure we want and not a peak.

The cylinder and rings have no idea what ROP or LOP is or means. They don't care even if they could care. All they care about is pressure, and they would not care how it is achieved.

By your logic why not run in the engine at 50dF ROP at 75% to 85% power? Draw your red lines on our graph and that now supports your argument even better. :eek:

For every bit of area under the curve on the left of the redline, to achieve the same HP, there is wastage on the right side. (Work in Vs Work out) Prior to your red lines starting at the peaks, there is a lot of high pressure over a very small distance travelled in the choke area. Compared to the green trace, which has less in that region, more work done during the region where you actually run the engine for the rest of its life.

So lets revisit a few things, what do we want to achieve?
Seat the rings?
Keep CHTs cooler?
Have high mean pressures with low peak pressures?
Peak pressures out of the choke area?
Keep the combustion chamber & oil cleaner?

So the choice is do it one way or the other. Its your engine, do what you like with it!

BillL 12-15-2013 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834910)
Dan, you have missed the point.

The area under the curve representing Mean effective pressure over a wider range, and further from the choke area.

At the nominal recommended 75% power or 80% power or whatever number you choose, the MAEN effective pressure is the determining factor is it not? As it is it is the mean pressure we want and not a peak.

The cylinder and rings have no idea what ROP or LOP is or means. They don't care even if they could care. All they care about is pressure, and they would not care how it is achieved.

By your logic why not run in the engine at 50dF ROP at 75% to 85% power? Draw your red lines on our graph and that now supports your argument even better. :eek:

For every bit of area under the curve on the left of the redline, to achieve the same HP, there is wastage on the right side. (Work in Vs Work out) Prior to your red lines starting at the peaks, there is a lot of high pressure over a very small distance travelled in the choke area. Compared to the green trace, which has less in that region, more work done during the region where you actually run the engine for the rest of its life.

So lets revisit a few things, what do we want to achieve?
Seat the rings?
Keep CHTs cooler?
Have high mean pressures with low peak pressures?
Peak pressures out of the choke area?
Keep the combustion chamber & oil cleaner?

So the choice is do it one way or the other. Its your engine, do what you like with it!

OK, so it is good that the peak pressure is lower and the pressure on the down stroke, (to the right of PCP) is higher, it helps the break-in as it = force against the cylinder wall. BUT, between TDC and PCP the pressure is lower - does that not adversely affect the break-in along this section of cylinder?

Are you just saying that this region of juste before and after PCP where the pressure is highest at 50dROP is better off with lower wear (break-in) relative to the other regions, so as to better balance the break-in process?

David, I think that when you say "higher MEP" is better that that peak lacks sufficient detail to understand why. Do you mean that break-in and resulting life of the engine would be improved if we hit the ideal of a fixed pressure all along the full stroke?

Thanks for your insights. I spent a decade ( at least) in engine performance and development, but mostly on diesel engines, some on natural gas. Not so much on the air-cooled spark ignited, only a couple.

RV10inOz 12-15-2013 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BillL (Post 834950)
OK, so it is good that the peak pressure is lower and the pressure on the down stroke, (to the right of PCP) is higher, it helps the break-in as it = force against the cylinder wall. BUT, between TDC and PCP the pressure is lower - does that not adversely affect the break-in along this section of cylinder? No it does not adversely effect it, as in opposite of, everything after TDC is good however the less peak pressure in the choke area the better and the higher average further from TDC, is better, as is the normal running region of the cylinder during continued operation.

Are you just saying that this region of juste before and after PCP where the pressure is highest at 50dROP is better off with lower wear (break-in) relative to the other regions, so as to better balance the break-in process? I am not sure what you are getting at, I would suggest that you should not be running in the engine at 50dF ROP at all.

David, I think that when you say "higher MEP" is better that that peak lacks sufficient detail to understand why. Do you mean that break-in and resulting life of the engine would be improved if we hit the ideal of a fixed pressure all along the full stroke? Not sure how you would achieve a fixed pressure all the way along the stroke, but by having a higher MEAN AVERAGE pressure in each combustion even with a lower peak you will get the area under the green curve.

Either the full rich or the 80dF LOP high power curve is good. Full Rich is not a bad thing at all, just one method does all the same things and less of the less desirable things.


Thanks for your insights. I spent a decade ( at least) in engine performance and development, but mostly on diesel engines, some on natural gas. Not so much on the air-cooled spark ignited, only a couple.

Sorry if I am confusing you, and despite the snide comments of others this is one reason why I keep saying to gain a better understanding it takes 2.5 days in a class room, and that is why the course is still running 13 years later and with bigger numbers than ever. It is just hard to teach it all in an internet post without confusing someone. :)

Happy to have a chat via Skype one day. You could teach me a few things too!

DanH 12-16-2013 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 834910)
Dan, you have missed the point. The area under the curve representing Mean effective pressure over a wider range, and further from the choke area.

"Mean effective pressure over a wider range"? Hmmm....

Consider the equation for BMEP:

BMEP = (brake HP x 792,000)/(displacement x RPM)

The 792K is a constant. Displacement and RPM are assumed to be fixed in the chart example, leaving brake HP as the only variable. We know the 50 LOP setting won't result in rated power, thus BMEP must be lower.

Range? The range extends from the pressure peak until exhaust valve opening. Exhaust valve opening is the same for either choice, thus the setting with the earlier peak has the wider range.

"Further from the choke area"? The choke in a Lycoming cylinder extends roughly 2 inches from the top. Given a 4.375" stroke and a 6.75" connecting rod, the piston's cylinder travel (from TDC) is 0.086" a 14 ATDC (the location of the rich peak in this example) and 0.248" at 24 ATDC (the location of the 80 LOP peak). The difference is little more than an 1/8", and either choice is well within the choke area. Not that it matters a heck of a lot. The whole point of having a choke when measured cold is to have a straight cylinder at operating temperature.

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At the nominal recommended 75% power or 80% power or whatever number you choose, the MAEN effective pressure is the determining factor is it not? As it is it is the mean pressure we want and not a peak.
No. BMEP is an abstract yardstick useful in discussion of power (see the equation). It is nothing like actual ring pressure.

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By your logic why not run in the engine at 50dF ROP at 75% to 85% power?
High CHT.

RV10inOz 12-16-2013 10:54 PM

Dan,

BMEP is as you say a useful yardstick for HP, I agree, however, despite what your mind is thinking I am saying, I am not referring to BMEP when I talk about the mean average cylinder pressure. I am assuming that whether a full Rich or 80dF LOP setting is used, that the comparison is at the same HP.

If as you say consider that "We know the 50 LOP setting won't result in rated power, thus BMEP must be lower." and this is a statement of fact, which is why I am trying to have an apples v apples comparison. That will mean perhaps a 2000' Vs 4500' with one LOP and one ROP.
So your point is irrelevant in terms of your post above.

What we are interested in is the average pressure over a sweep of the cylinder, and if you have a much higher peak in one region, to get the same average, from the same power setting, you will be getting less over the rest.

So just visually comparing the blue trace with the green over the range from 60degrees either side of TDC, one would appear to have a meaningful pressure over a wider sweep than the other, and one has a more severe peak than the other.

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By your logic why not run in the engine at 50dF ROP at 75% to 85% power?
High CHT.
Ahhhh and what would cause that high CHT I wonder.

Just lucky we are not trying to break in a diesel engine, as they run LOP :eek:

So the choice is do it one way or the other. Either is valid. There are advantages in one. Its your engine, do what you like with it!

DanH 12-17-2013 04:02 AM

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So just visually comparing the blue trace with the green over the range from 60degrees either side of TDC, one would appear to have a meaningful pressure over a wider sweep than the other, and one has a more severe peak than the other.
Total duration of pressure is identical: ignition to exhaust valve opening. Average pressure is higher for the rich mixture.

You like the retarded pressure between 23 and 60 ATDC. However, when appearances are quantified, the maximum difference is 6 degrees of crank rotation, 34 vs 40 degrees. The difference in stroke position is 0.1741 inches. Put another way, you're claiming it is somehow superior if the same ring pressure is applied less than 3/16" further down a 4.375" stroke.

You go ahead and lead the real men (and brave girls) into the land of useless knob twiddle. I'll stick with conventional break-in; limited twiddle for low level climb, and leaning for max power to seat rings. LOP for economy cruise comes later in the new airplane process.


RV10inOz 12-17-2013 06:04 AM

Go to Ada and do it on the Dyno.

I bet it costs you 10% per trip of what it costs me. I bet you don't bother.

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Total duration of pressure is identical: ignition to exhaust valve opening. Average pressure is higher for the rich mixture.
Hang on?..so how is the average higher for the rich mixture over the same time interval??? When generating the same HP (BMEP)

In that graph over that 6 degrees we are 500 vs 400 PSI.

The PEAK is higher, sure ???? I see why Walter gave up on VAF.

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By your logic why not run in the engine at 50dF ROP at 75% to 85% power?
High CHT.
Ahhhh and what would cause that high CHT I wonder.

Just lucky we are not trying to break in a diesel engine, as they run LOP

So the choice is do it one way or the other. Either is valid. There are advantages in one. Its your engine, do what you like with it!
So the choice is do it one way or the other. Either is valid. There are advantages in one. Its your engine, do what you like with it!

BillL 12-17-2013 06:25 AM

Let me throw this report into the discussion.

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstr...38/0000180.pdf

Use it with extreme caution. Remember that these reports are written with the researched knowledge of the writer of the day and was not necessarily a vetted work. Having read thousands of GM, CAT, SAE and SwRI reports on engines, I would say little truths sneak through, but many so called conclusions can be outright wrong in the general sense.

Also, ring and cylinder wear are very highly related to the materials of ring, bore, surface finishes (either rough or fine), heat treatment and core metallurgy of the materials in detail.

A truth in this report is wear and oil films from TDC down to BDC of stroke. Pretty fundamental. Some combination of higher pressure and slower sliding velocity yields more wear. Sometimes one or the other will prevail.

TDC is no motion, slightly lower (in stroke) pressure picks up (PCP) and then velocity comes in there to begin developing some oil film effects. There is some transition. Clear definition of this transition point, and quantifiable effects on either "wear" or "break-in" seems to the at the core of this (off topic) discussion. [I would not call it an argument as this is just the type of discussion(s) engineering minded people love to have as it always promotes better understanding and communications when professionally carried to the end.]

In the details, it may have little measurable differences between ROP, and LOP break-in procedure. But in theory, lower pressures in the early part of the stroke, and higher pressures as the velocity picks up would improve the break-in wear down lower in the stroke. Again, quantifying one against the other and a clear measurement of the transition point might be the data we are seeking, cockpit time management notwithstanding.

My 2 cents, as Stein would say.

paul330 12-17-2013 08:14 AM

Firstly, this thread has been totally hijacked.

Secondly........yaaaaawn........

I'm not flying yet and I have very little piston time in my 17,000 hours. However, I've done a lot of research on breaking in the engine and how to treat it once it's run in. You guys are discussing minutae which makes, as far as I can see, no practical difference. I can almost smell the testosterone as you all try and prove your points.

Treat the engine right, run it in IAW Lycoming instructions and I am pretty sure the life will be +/- 5% of any of this clever stuff you can do.

Flame suit on..........

RV10inOz 12-17-2013 02:28 PM

Paul, thread drifted not hijacked. Glass half full! :D

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Treat the engine right, run it in IAW Lycoming instructions and I am pretty sure the life will be +/- 5% of any of this clever stuff you can do.

Flame suit on..........
No testosterone involved, but it seems that whenever something is alternate to the establishment such as different from IAW Lycoming instruction manual XYZ and is offered as a better solution, if that option is available to you, it is hounded down.

The rings can't tell LOP from ROP, Diesels can't tell either. It just so happens that many things we thought were true, myself included, but more importantly George and co, have discovered that they were not as first thought.

The irony is that all the good advice (I assume it is, it sounds plausible) that DanH gives on cooling airflow and drag etc, is as best I can tell in many instances contrary to conventional wisdom. The same things that George and Walter discovered while doing several STC jobs relating to engine cooling airflow work etc for Turbo Beech and Cirrus.

There are a couple of approaches here, if you can do one, it gets the job gone cleaner and cooler. As GB has said himself he keeps looking and is yet to see a downside. (And he looks more than most ever have.)

So no need for the flame suit :)

How was the cricket? ;)

kiwipete 12-18-2013 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RV10inOz (Post 835444)

How was the cricket? ;)

Ouch!!!!!!!


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