[BlackRV7]

At about 6PM this evening Black Magic became something other than an
expensive paper weight. With a friend over to man the fire
extinguisher, I hoped in, master on, fuel pump on to get a little
pressure, off with pump, mixture to full rich, throttle cracked, left
mag switch to hot, hit the starter button..............it may have went a
blade and a half (this is an engine without a primer) and jumped to
life. Initial run at 1200 to check pressures then up to 1800. The
run was for 3 minutes. CHT's were very consistent 270s at the low RPM
and mid 3teens at the higher power setting. Fuel pressure at 5.2. Engine ran extremely smooth, prop tracked very well, exhaust was a nice smooth consistent sound. Backed her back down to a real nice smooth low speed idle. Back up a little then mixture to cutoff. I videoed a little differently....from
the inside. Now I know what everyone is talking about when this thing I built in the garage, including the engine, came to life and is no longer just
that before mentioned paper weight. It's getting close!! WOO HOO

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vig7dw2vX0

 

[mannanj]

Eng. Start

Congrats! Hope to see Black Magic at the Fly In if the weather is good and you're gonna do it next year.

 

[newtech]

Congratulations Dana. I should be about two months behind you in getting my engine started for the first time. With a lot of luck, I will have my "Sky Terrier" RV-7A at your fly-in next year.

Steve Eberhart

 

[Kyle Boatright]

Congrats on the engine run. That puts you a lot closer to going flying!

I must have missed the end of your fuel flow thread. What did you do to fix the flow problem you seemed to have?

 

[BlackRV7]

Congrats on the engine run. That puts you a lot closer to going flying!

I must have missed the end of your fuel flow thread. What did you do to fix the flow problem you seemed to have?

Kyle it was a timing issue. Once that "minor" issue was resolved it was a non issue. It's amazing what L & R rotation will do when timing your mags
Man, I hate to admit that one.

As for the electric fuel pump, it just needed priming. Piece of cake. I look at the airplane totally different now!!

 

[dan]

Congrats Dana!

Hey, what was that flashing item on your engine monitor? It got my attention...

 

[BlackRV7]

Congrats Dana!

Hey, what was that flashing item on your engine monitor? It got my attention...

It was the fuel pressure. It was in the yellow range at 5.2. I need to go in and modify the default range. I knew others would see that also

 

[videobobk]

Congrats, Dana! Another big step out of the way. Glad you got the priming/leak worked out--problems at this stage can be very frustrating. I had more than my share. May stop in in a few weeks and see your airplane (that sounds so much better than "project" doesn't it?)

Bob Kelly

 

[dbuds2]

Congradulations Dana

Must be so exciting. Are you still putting together engine packages for us guys still looking for a good deal?