Put fuel in the left tank this morning.
We have fuel pressure.
No leaks with feed fuel rail.

Paul Lamar

That's pretty cool!  Close to start-up I assuem?  Maybe tomorrow.  I will
plan on getting there around 11 if that is OK.  There has been a marine
layer and I want to go surfing in the morning.

-- David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

Bring a brake bleed fitting with you. One is missing.
Unless of course I can buy one in the auto parts store.

Engine started right up on one or two blades. The B computer is still
flakey,
The A computer runs fine. This is after at least a year of sitting around
in
various hangars around the country. Runs rough on the full rich starting
switch but I assume that is normal.

Robin wants to get insurance before we fly so we can't fly it yet.
We can taxi :)

All fairings and wing tips are still off for your inspection.

Paul Lamar

Looks like Robin is showing her superior reasoning powers.
8-)
C. Smith


Bah!!  Insurance aint worth what you pay.  But there is no rush either.

It will need an annual inspection signed off by Robin before we fly as
well.

-- David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net


Dave and Doug flew in from Oceanside today and inspected the RV4. We had a
few squawks to fix. Dave ran it up and checked the instruments. It is very
close to air worthy. Now comes the FAA and insurance paper battle. It runs
very smooth on
computer A but B remains to be seen.

Here are some pictures. We have a couple of movies so I may put one
of them on Youtube. Too big to upload.

Paul  Lamar


If it runs well on A but not B, copy A to B. I think you  turn everything
off, put it in Mode 2, hold the program button, and then turn the power on,
while holding the program button for 2 or more seconds.

If you do that and B is still crappy, then something's up with the
computer- maybe the chip for B  is not all the way in it's socket, or some
such thing.

Brian Trubee

We did that. Then after a few hours B goes crazy again. We will try it
again. Dave thinks it may have something to do with the intake
manifold air temp.



Paul Lamar


Mike was having a problem with computer B dumping.  And it was dumped when I
was testing the engine today.  After copying A to B (it is Mode 9 BTW), it
remained stable the rest of the day.  However, there was significant
difference in the mixture setting between the 2 computers. That could be due
to the fact that only computer A adjusts the MAP table based on manifold
temp.  I may be able to use differential Mode 3 adjustments to make up the
difference.