CorvAircraft> Got my engine!

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

Congratulations.  It's a great feeling.

Dave Morris

At 10:10 AM 3/14/2007, you wrote:
>Good Morning!
>
>Last night I was at the Edgewater campus of WW and watched my 2700CC Vair
>run perfectly for about 30-40 minutes!  It was absolutely one of the best
>moments of my venture into homebuilding!  Although the hangar gang were
>tremendously helpful in getting this engine running (I did about 2% of the
>work at various colleges while some other attendees did another 2-5% of the
>work leaving about 95% to Kevin, William and Gus), I still felt the pride of
>building an engine!
>
>After installing the pre-oiler (distributor gear and drill) into the case,
>William hand propped the engine (leaving the number one spark plug out) for
>about 20 minutes. This was to be sure that oil was pumped to all the
>journals, bearings, etc.  Meticulous care was spent by William and Kevin
>preparing the engine for this run and around 7pm we wheeled it out onto the
>tarmac and it started after about three or four revolutions.
>
>The feeling of watching your engine run after several years of building is
>beyond description. It is awesome!
>
>I was a little worried in the beginning when William got behind the engine
>on the dynamometer and Kevin walked over to his Corvair Car and when I was
>looking away, he started the car. I thought it was my engine and that the
>prop wasn't turning!
>
>I got home last night with the engine resting comfortably in the back of my
>van and I keep going out to look at it.  It's still there.
>
>Anyway, the message is that it's worth it. The Corvair engine is a marvel
>and works and sounds beautiful! After two and half years, I think that
>William, Kevin, Gus and the rest of the Hangar Gang in Edgewater are
>terrific!  I plan to fly my 601XL to their hangar as soon as I get the rest
>of the plane done, tested and registered with the required flyoff hours out
>of the way (about six more months).
>
>Yeeeehaw!
>
>Scott Thatcher
>601XL 90% complete with Corvair 100% complete
>Palm Beach Gardens, FL
>
>
>
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