BlackRV7
Well Known Member
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
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