The Obligatory First Engine Start Video: N959RV
Last week we weighed the RV 10 empty and then full of fuel. Couldn't think of a good reason not to do an engine start so we pulled it out of the hanger and gave it a try. Not so much of a sputter on the first few tries so we disconnected the fuel line at the servo and bled the air out, then did the same at the spider. This time she came to life almost immediately. The engine came out of a 2001 Maule wreck that suffered a mild prop strike with only 291 hour's TTSN. My building buddy Thane and I did the tear down and reassembly following the Lycoming overhaul manual and prop strike procedures. The only repair needed was to straighten the prop flange on the crankshaft that was .007" out. I had the rods re-bushed while they were in the shop for inspection and reassembled using new crankshaft rod bearings. New rod bolts/ nuts and a gasket set. The required inspections, repair, and new parts set me back less than $3K. A new or rebuilt engine was not in my budget and I was fortunate (lucky) to get a late model low time engine. Today we were able to do a little taxi testing which was pretty cool in my book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJqFYeLKNw
Last week we weighed the RV 10 empty and then full of fuel. Couldn't think of a good reason not to do an engine start so we pulled it out of the hanger and gave it a try. Not so much of a sputter on the first few tries so we disconnected the fuel line at the servo and bled the air out, then did the same at the spider. This time she came to life almost immediately. The engine came out of a 2001 Maule wreck that suffered a mild prop strike with only 291 hour's TTSN. My building buddy Thane and I did the tear down and reassembly following the Lycoming overhaul manual and prop strike procedures. The only repair needed was to straighten the prop flange on the crankshaft that was .007" out. I had the rods re-bushed while they were in the shop for inspection and reassembled using new crankshaft rod bearings. New rod bolts/ nuts and a gasket set. The required inspections, repair, and new parts set me back less than $3K. A new or rebuilt engine was not in my budget and I was fortunate (lucky) to get a late model low time engine. Today we were able to do a little taxi testing which was pretty cool in my book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJqFYeLKNw
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