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biglar
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 Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: Vamoose |
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As of this morning, Vamoose is up and running again. Ran about 10 minutes, and so far no oil leaks. Lookin' good. Now the real fun starts.
Not sure if this will apply to Rotax engines, but this VW with redrive has quite a few starts on it without a prop, and so long as I'm very careful with the throttle it seems to be fine. � Lar.
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject: Vamoose |
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Not sure if this will apply to Rotax engines, but this VW with redrive
has quite a few starts on it without a prop, and so long as I'm very
careful with the throttle it seems to be fine.
Lar.
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How do you cool a VW without a prop? 10 minutes run time seems about
enough to overheat, with no air going over it.
john h
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biglar
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NeilsenRM(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: Vamoose |
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Lar
You will find that the pusher prop doesn't help much in cooling your VW. The
only thing that helps is to get moving. Normally it isn't a problem but
sometimes at Oshkosh they have me sitting waiting for a open spot after
taxiing for a while. Things get warm and sometimes I just have to shut it
down.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIc
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biglar
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: Vamoose |
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Huh ! ! ! You musta been reading my mind......I've been planning to contact
you on just this subject.
Do you have any baffling on your motor ?? Just running mine on the ground,
it overheated after a while without the prop, but seemed to hold temps OK
into the mid range with the prop on. How does it act in the air ?? I've
got the lower cylinder baffling on mine, but feel inclined to pull it out of
there. Seems like it would disrupt airflow from the front of the engine. I
do have a large oil cooler right in front of the prop and I read somewhere
that the oil is 40% of the cooling on these engines. Does that seem right
to you ??
The flightseeing trip near Bella Coola, B.C. this summer inspired me, and I
want to make the same trip next year, but towing a Vamoose that's equipped
with amphib Full Lotus's. If you like, I'll send a link to some pages I
published on the Nikon Forum about that trip. Lar.
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Even at that, CHT was under 350 when I shut it