Hi Paul,

I did my first taxi test last Friday.  I taxied for about 30
minutes and it didn't even get close to overheating.  Of course, the
Texas summer isn't here yet, so we'll have to wait and see how it does
then.  Everything worked as intended and it was great to experience my
little creation moving under its own power.  First flight is still a
month or so off.

Thanks,
Mark S

Congratulations Mark. Your 3 rotor engine installation looks great.
Got any later pictures?

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Congratulations Mark.

If you don't mind a bit of critique...
I notice you have some long runs of stainless braided hose which look poorly
supported. This stuff acts like a saw on aluminum with the a bit a
vibration. Especially where it loops between the cooler and the PSRU it
would appear that it could saw on the Al coolant system parts.

Have a read up on the firewall forward section of AC 43 -13

Properly supporting lines hoses and wiring firewall forward is something
Cirrus does very poorly. The SR22 I did an import inspection on looked like
it was asking for all sorts of sensor harness problems in a couple of
hundred hours.

Regards,
Mark Wrathal




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