The Rotax manual has a well documented
procedure for breaking in a new engine.
We were anxious to try it out and make
some noise.
We had carefully assembled the prop and set the
pitch at a default setting of around 14
degrees. We were also very careful to torque
all of the prop bolts (there's 12 in all) to
the manufacturers specs.
It Runs.
After tieing the tail down to our car trailer
hitch and chocking the tires, the motor started
just fine.
That's my son Don protecting his face from the
prop blast.
Here I am checking out the temperature sensors.
If you look closely at the tachometer, the
third large intstument from the left, you can
see it reading about 3,000 rpm.
Here's Paul Douglas again. He was driving by
and saw us testing. His GearHead
hormones just took over and he had to stop.