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Post by andym on May 27, 2023 8:20:10 GMT -5
Hi Andy Hopefully . She's back on the teststand , just need to hook up ancillaries tomorrow :-) Cheers John Nice...... looking forward
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Post by finiteparts on May 28, 2023 16:36:58 GMT -5
Good luck John! I hope it all goes well.
- Chris
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Post by racket on May 28, 2023 17:13:39 GMT -5
Hi Chris
Yep , keeping fingers and toes crossed :-)
Cheers John
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Post by stoffe64 on May 30, 2023 8:30:43 GMT -5
Good luck John with your engine run!!
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praendy2203
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Post by praendy2203 on May 31, 2023 11:22:23 GMT -5
Good luck John😊
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WilliamTQ
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Post by WilliamTQ on Jun 7, 2023 5:44:56 GMT -5
Hello John have you fired up the engine yet? Is she running
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Post by racket on Jun 7, 2023 17:50:34 GMT -5
Nope , haven't fired her up yet , I'm all ready to go , but haven't felt well enough to take her out , I need a clear head , and at present its at a "do not operate machinery" level :-(
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WilliamTQ
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Post by WilliamTQ on Jun 7, 2023 17:53:20 GMT -5
Hope you feel better soon
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Post by racket on Jun 7, 2023 18:16:04 GMT -5
LOL, so do I , I'm keen to hear her again , the weathers nice and cool , ideal for turbines :-)
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Post by racket on Jun 8, 2023 20:56:41 GMT -5
Hi Guys Today was "The Day ", nice sunny winters morning , so put on my "big boy " pants and did it . It was rather nice to have a relatively successful run for a change , other than turning on the A/B fuel pump instead of the engine pump , thankfully they are interlocked so nuthin' happened until I corrected the situation and she fired up without any dramas , no need for propane :-) Things were going nicely until the camera batteries decided to play games , they'd all been charged up a few days ago so I thought they'd be OK .............nope , started dying , first one then another , thankfully one kept going so have some video which is currently going onto youtube .............will post a Link when its up :-) Considerably more "suction "at the comp face , the green fluid in my manometer was getting sucked into the engine , its only water so OK . P2 gauge a lot steadier so somethings improved with the flow ...............there'll be a few hours of autopsy to do to compare with a previous test without any jet nozzle , thrust was pretty good ;-) youtu.be/23S76bff6IQCheers John
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Post by dieselguy86 on Jun 8, 2023 21:41:24 GMT -5
Hi John,
Couldn't see what thrust was, but the first thing I noticed was how steady the p2 gauge was.
Wish I could be there to hear that thing run.
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Post by racket on Jun 8, 2023 22:49:56 GMT -5
She's noisy , even at idle I have to have hearing protection .
Yep , much steadier P2 , just about to go through the video and start collecting the data , I'll slow it down to 50% speed to make it easier , I tend to be a tad hasty with my filming .................LOL, maybe the time stretches when its running :-)
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Post by racket on Jun 8, 2023 22:54:37 GMT -5
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Post by andym on Jun 9, 2023 1:00:42 GMT -5
Hi John Nice run .... the P2 gauge not dancing around, was good to see From what I saw of the spring scale, looked like your thrust was better than any other reading with out a jet nozzle Very Nice Chat soon
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Post by stoffe64 on Jun 9, 2023 5:08:17 GMT -5
Congratulations John,looked very Good,i am happy for your run!!
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