REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update

[Dennis Martin]

Kurt's right. My Chevy odd-fire likes to hum loud, too. I'll try to get it
on YouTube.

Dennis

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> Send it to me.
> I'll make a torrent link.
>
> It seems we have plenty of people online with web servers who would be
> willing to seed torrents for distributed things like this.
>
> Velocity wrote:
> > I Like to Fire my Lt1 up every couple of weeks just for fun. Got video
> > of it but no where to post it. Maybe youtube ,will see.
> > Ron
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* nmflyer1 at aol.com <mailto:nmflyer1 at aol.com>
> >     *To:* reflector at tvbf.org <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
> >     *Sent:* Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:58 AM
> >     *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update
> >
> >     Chris,
> >
> >     Nice work on the strakes & thanks for the update. I too can't
> >     resist the occasional fire up of the aluminum V-6 in my velocity.
> >     It gives you a nice boost to go do some of those other little
> >     things with a big smile. I know Dennis feels the same way having
> >     his beast running well know.
> >     I keep thinking I should take some video of the thing running and
> >     post it somewhere... it sure does sound amazing.
> >
> >     Keep us in the loop and glad you are over that hurdle.
> >
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: Christopher Barber <CBarber at texasattorney.net>
> >     To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> >     Sent: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:27 pm
> >     Subject: REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update
> >
> >     As y'all likely remember I had to redo my strakes following
> >     finding my Jeffco fuel tank sealant had failed a few months ago. A
> >     few days ago I applied some micro on my hopefully now repaired
> >     strakes. I still have to smooth and pretty up the micro, but to
> >     get away from the fiberglass work for a bit I decided to add fuel
> >     to my new strake tanks and calibrate my newly installed Atkinson
> >     fuel gages.
> >
> >     I had about 25 gallons that I added one gallon at a time, 1/2
> >     gallon to each side. So I added fuel to each side in approximately
> >     equal amounts to allow everything to equalize better. I filled the
> >     sump tank first and it took just under five gallons (fixed gear
> >     SE). Nothing seemed to leak confirming my air pressure test with
> >     balloons a while back.
> >
> >     Ok, here is the good part. On a wild hair I turned power on to the
> >     plane to see if the rotary engine would turn over after sitting
> >     dormant for the last few months with only an occasional hand
> >     rotation of the prop. Not only did it turn over, it started.
> >     Wahoo. I shut it down right away as I was not in a position to
> >     play.....uh, ummm, work on it. But I was tickled it started almost
> >     immediately. After having to redo my strakes, this was a nice
> >     little experience for me.
> >
> >     I am off work tomorrow and I hope to get out to the hangar to
> >     clean it up after a lot of fiberglass work. Maybe I will "play"
> >     with the engine a bit too. <g>
> >
> >     All the best,
> >
> >     Chris
> >     Houston
> >     Cross posted on CanardZone.com & Reflector
> >
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All the best,
Dennis
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