Suddenly it was 1973. Dan came over to the hanger at Oxnard and the
TTC would not start. He thought sure it was another wiring error. I
called Nils and he and I tested the electrical system again and it
was OK. Everything worked however the engine failed to fire even
once. Even the plugs were dry and looked fine.
We finally narrowed it down to water still in the engine. Took the
plugs out and turned the engine over with the starter. Lots of vapor
came out of the spark plug holes. We thought it might be Methanol. I
had the bright idea of holding a paper towel up to it. I borrowed
some matches to see if it would burn. No burn!! Water vapor!!!!
Back in 1973 the o-rings between the rotor house and the end house
would melt if you over heated your rotary engine. They were made of
neoprene instead of silicon.
The apex seals would scrape up all the water in the engine and
deposit it in the spark plug holes. No way in hell would the engine
start.
We thought this might be what was wrong. We continued to turn it over
until only dry air came out of the spark plug holes. Then we moved it
outside and tied it down with a long rope to a fire hydrant. I was
worried that it might run away.
Then it started. Nils shot the videos. Before, best and better.
Before is self explanatory. It ran rough. we kept running it until we
guessed all the water was out. We figured out there was a lot of
watter in the compressor side of the turbo. We finally got it to run
steady at 3000 RPM. We ran it for about 5 minutes.
Paul Lamar
Paul, the last several videos would only play audio. Said
unsupported codec. Don't recall changing anything on my android. Any
changes on your end?
James Whitehurst
No I am still using Openshot and recording in low rez.
Do you have DLC? That is an ap and a program. It plays a wide range
of codec's.
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Here is the web site for DLC.
https://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/
Paul Lamar
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