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1. 03:51 AM - Lancair 360 and cranking up the engine for the first time (asdfasdf asfasdf)
2. 06:23 AM - Re: Lancair 360 and cranking up the engine for the first time (Dan DeNeal)
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| Subject: | Lancair 360 and cranking up the engine for the first time |
--> Lancair-List message posted by: "asdfasdf asfasdf" <paolodgf@hotmail.com>
Hallo everybody at the Lancair list!
after many years of building I finally got to the point to get the engine
started.
I am experiencing the following problem and hope somebody can give some
suggestion:
I am following the Lycoming handbook procedure for starting the engine but
what happens is that,
after a few seconds running (I have actually even not the time to completely
push back the mixture to "Full Rich") the engine stops again. Now I have
been trying to figure out whether I have an electrical problem but it
appears that the left (impulse coupled) magneto is correctly providing
current to the spark plugs; I have checked the markings on each of the caps
connecting each of the plugs to the respective single cable of the ignition
harness: I noticed that each of these caps is provided with a characteristic
marking (for example T1, B1, T2, B2: I guess it stays for Top- cylinder 1,
Bottom- cylinder 1 and so on). According to these markings everything is OK
as far as connecting the magnetos to the spark plugs.
So now I am trying to figure out whether the engine receives fuel regularly.
I don't remember exactly what I did on connecting the electrical boost pump
(Dukes high pressure pump delivered from Lancair): I suspect that the
polarity of the connection could be inverted and that the pump runs in the
wrong way. Has anybody mounting istructions for this pump and/or any
suggestion in this connection? The pump was delivered without any mounting
instructions or specification sheet and I didn't request one by that time.
Many thanks for your help, Paolo
Paolo Fanti
Munich - Germany
Basic configuration information:
Lancair 360 - Engine LYC IO360 B1F - Wing tip extemsions - Larger Tail
plane -
Speed Brakes Precise Flight (belly mounted) - Electrical trims on elevator
and aileron -
Garmin GNS 430 - Vision Micro EPI 800 Engine monitoring - Double fuel system
(old system with Facet fuel pumps and 1/4" alu lines from the wings (now
used only to transfer fuel to the header tank which is used for T/O and
Landings)) with Andair fuel selector valve and 3/8" alu lines directly from
the wings - Rubber dampers of main gear substituted with Oleo-pneumatic
struts.
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| Subject: | Re: Lancair 360 and cranking up the engine for the first |
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--> Lancair-List message posted by: Dan DeNeal <rv6apilot@yahoo.com>
Try starting your engine with full rich on. Mine starts all the time in "Full Rich".
To stop the engine I pull the knob to "Full Lean".
Dan
asdfasdf asfasdf <paolodgf@hotmail.com> wrote:
--> Lancair-List message posted by: "asdfasdf asfasdf"
Hallo everybody at the Lancair list!
after many years of building I finally got to the point to get the engine
started.
I am experiencing the following problem and hope somebody can give some
suggestion:
I am following the Lycoming handbook procedure for starting the engine but
what happens is that,
after a few seconds running (I have actually even not the time to completely
push back the mixture to "Full Rich") the engine stops again. Now I have
been trying to figure out whether I have an electrical problem but it
appears that the left (impulse coupled) magneto is correctly providing
current to the spark plugs; I have checked the markings on each of the caps
connecting each of the plugs to the respective single cable of the ignition
harness: I noticed that each of these caps is provided with a characteristic
marking (for example T1, B1, T2, B2: I guess it stays for Top- cylinder 1,
Bottom- cylinder 1 and so on). According to these markings everything is OK
as far as connecting the magnetos to the spark plugs.
So now I am trying to figure out whether the engine receives fuel regularly.
I don't remember exactly what I did on connecting the electrical boost pump
(Dukes high pressure pump delivered from Lancair): I suspect that the
polarity of the connection could be inverted and that the pump runs in the
wrong way. Has anybody mounting istructions for this pump and/or any
suggestion in this connection? The pump was delivered without any mounting
instructions or specification sheet and I didn't request one by that time.
Many thanks for your help, Paolo
Paolo Fanti
Munich - Germany
Basic configuration information:
Lancair 360 - Engine LYC IO360 B1F - Wing tip extemsions - Larger Tail
plane -
Speed Brakes Precise Flight (belly mounted) - Electrical trims on elevator
and aileron -
Garmin GNS 430 - Vision Micro EPI 800 Engine monitoring - Double fuel system
(old system with Facet fuel pumps and 1/4" alu lines from the wings (now
used only to transfer fuel to the header tank which is used for T/O and
Landings)) with Andair fuel selector valve and 3/8" alu lines directly from
the wings - Rubber dampers of main gear substituted with Oleo-pneumatic
struts.
http://toolbar.msn.de Jetzt kostenlos downloaden!
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