REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update

[Brian Michalk]

Send it to me.
I'll make a torrent link.

It seems we have plenty of people online with web servers who would be 
willing to seed torrents for distributed things like this.

Velocity wrote:
> I Like to Fire my Lt1 up every couple of weeks just for fun. Got video 
> of it but no where to post it. Maybe youtube ,will see.
> Ron
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* nmflyer1 at aol.com <mailto:nmflyer1 at aol.com>
>     *To:* reflector at tvbf.org <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:58 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update
>
>     Chris,
>
>     Nice work on the strakes & thanks for the update. I too can't
>     resist the occasional fire up of the aluminum V-6 in my velocity.
>     It gives you a nice boost to go do some of those other little
>     things with a big smile. I know Dennis feels the same way having
>     his beast running well know.
>     I keep thinking I should take some video of the thing running and
>     post it somewhere... it sure does sound amazing.
>
>     Keep us in the loop and glad you are over that hurdle.
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Christopher Barber <CBarber at texasattorney.net>
>     To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>     Sent: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:27 pm
>     Subject: REFLECTOR: Strake rebuild update
>
>     As y'all likely remember I had to redo my strakes following
>     finding my Jeffco fuel tank sealant had failed a few months ago. A
>     few days ago I applied some micro on my hopefully now repaired
>     strakes. I still have to smooth and pretty up the micro, but to
>     get away from the fiberglass work for a bit I decided to add fuel
>     to my new strake tanks and calibrate my newly installed Atkinson
>     fuel gages.
>
>     I had about 25 gallons that I added one gallon at a time, 1/2
>     gallon to each side. So I added fuel to each side in approximately
>     equal amounts to allow everything to equalize better. I filled the
>     sump tank first and it took just under five gallons (fixed gear
>     SE). Nothing seemed to leak confirming my air pressure test with
>     balloons a while back.
>
>     Ok, here is the good part. On a wild hair I turned power on to the
>     plane to see if the rotary engine would turn over after sitting
>     dormant for the last few months with only an occasional hand
>     rotation of the prop. Not only did it turn over, it started.
>     Wahoo. I shut it down right away as I was not in a position to
>     play.....uh, ummm, work on it. But I was tickled it started almost
>     immediately. After having to redo my strakes, this was a nice
>     little experience for me.
>
>     I am off work tomorrow and I hope to get out to the hangar to
>     clean it up after a lot of fiberglass work. Maybe I will "play"
>     with the engine a bit too. <g>
>
>     All the best,
>
>     Chris
>     Houston
>     Cross posted on CanardZone.com & Reflector
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