Testing.
Got her out of the garage, but not without grabbing the sharp end of some angle and poking a hole in the side. Small hole above uhmw. Still, it figures!
Got her running, got in and away we went for about 100 ft till it died when I tried to give it some gas. Much cussing Ensued , until I discovered a bad ground. Replaced that and had much better starter power. But, it wouldn’t start again. Turned out the Carb was gummed up. Put on a new bing 84 carb, after much adapting and tried again today. Got her running, go to in and away we went, through a ditch, climbed over some large 14” logs and went around in a plowed field with a few inches snow really well. When I tried to give it a good amount of gas, you can tell it has more than enough power. So much force on the rudder that it broke the rudder cable pulleys, going up and nicking the prop. Big nick, more like a chunk out of both ends. Ordered a new prop. And will be getting larger pulleys tomorrow.
So!at least I answered several key questions. There is plenty of power and I haven’t been able to go over 1/2 throttle yet. Airflow obstruction doesn’t seem to be an issue either. This is testing with my smallest prop. I will have to spend some time fine tuning the engine to swing the big , nice carbon prop. Glad I didn’t put it on first, they are expensive.
Will spend several days on the snow before trying any water. Need to get to where my reactions are automatic.
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