Fuel injection problems yesterday.

[logansc]

It was caused by the fact that Pierre was a good guy and didn't race this year (he usually wins!), letting me post the fastest time overall. No good deed goes unpunished!


Lee...

[hydroguy2]

SO...way to leave us hanging.....what was your speed and did it meet your expectations. Details man, we need details!

[Toobuilder]

Originally Posted by RV10inOz

...As for being above an airfield, I disagree, but if it makes you feel warm and fuzzy the first couple of times sure go ahead...

Yes, it is more for my wife than anything... I'll also switch tanks within gliding distance of a suitable landing spot if I have the choice. With the routine mag check, I always have the choice.

[Danny King]

Originally Posted by pierre smith

Y'know, I was limpimg home with only 11.5 volts showing and it may well have been the Lightspeed failing,,,hmmmmm? Yep, it was also accompanied by a loss of several MPH, but I thought that the Lightspeed only needed aroun 9 volts, no?

Yep....could be.

Thanks,

Pierre,
If it turns out that the Lightspeed failed, I recommend that you switch to an EI system that operates independent of the aircraft's electrical system except for starting. Pmags!

[airtractor8]

Originally Posted by Danny King

Pierre,
If it turns out that the Lightspeed failed, I recommend that you switch to an EI system that operates independent of the aircraft's electrical system except for starting. Pmags!

That may be very hard for him to do. He flys a 6 cylinder Lycoming. There aint no Pmag for that!

[logansc]

Apologies for the thread heist: I won (the trophy for Fastest Around the Course!) but with only a 215 mph average over a 127.2 nm round-robin course. Modest winds, CHT's and EGT's no problem, but oil temp...uh oh. When it got to 225F, I pulled it back a bit and it stopped and stabilized there. Was bouncing around indicating 212 kias at full power prior to that but only about 192-195 kias with it throttled back from the 31.2" it was indicating, to about 29.0"-29.5" for probably 95% of the race. Seemed like a big drop in speed for so small a reduction, but what do I know? Prior to the "pull-back", my EDM 900 was showing 100% power, after the pull-back, only 95%-96%.

Ran full rich and with the prop at 2,650 (that seems to be where the stop is set). Next time I will try trimming slightly to different prop settings---this time I was too busy watching for kamikazi buzzards and towers (I ran relatively low). Anyway, sorry for all the jabber, sure was fun. I ran down 3 or 4 aircraft in front of me (no classes in our race, handicaps only).

Anyway, I sure appreciate all the advice I got here on the VAF forum. It really did seem like the engine was very happy running hard. May have to figure out a way to cool the oil down a bit though if I do that any more, though.

Thanks again to Pierre for letting me win my first race!


Lee...

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by airtractor8

That may be very hard for him to do. He flys a 6 cylinder Lycoming. There aint no Pmag for that!

Any day now...

When I spoke to Emag a few weeks ago they were ramping up production of their six cylinder P-mags.

I hope they are as successful as the four cylinder P-mags!

[pierre smith]

FWIW...I last raced the R2R in 2011 and the same course took me right at 45 minutes. Lee ran it around 40 minutes!

He could get 243 MPH (212 knots) to my 217 in the -10. I beat a retractable Lancair with an O-360 because I climbed to 1200' to take advantage of a strong 30 knot tailwind on the longest leg to the finish line. He stayed under the broken overcast and circled one turnpoint three times, trying to see the field, while I relied on my pre-programmed flight plan in the 430W to control the flight to my autopilot.

...all's fair in love and war

Best,

[pierre smith]

RVinOz,,,TOD???

Best,

[Auburntsts]

I'm thinkng TOD = Top of Descent