majuro15
Well Known Member
It was a chilly evening, but my RV-10 cranked to life on Sunday with the help of some friends. I was a bit nervous but it all worked out pretty successfully.
It's an Aero Sport IO-540 with SDS dual ecu injection and ignition, 9:1 pistons, BPE cold air induction, and Whirl Wind Aviation 375HRT prop.
A few take aways: Use your checklist! I had mine at home but decided I didn't need it. That resulted in me starting on only one coil and one ecu! It was a trooper and started/ran but didn't run smoothly.
Check torque on everything! I safety wired my oil filter perfectly. I just didn't torque it before hand! So we had a pretty good oil leak after a few minutes of running.
The oil filter was fixed and rewired, the throttle cable was adjusted to get lower idle RPMs (put the throttle body on the stop), ECUs adjusted a bit for next start, and everything cleaned and checked over.
The second and third starts were perfect and she ran smooth. I didn't cycle the prop since I didn't get oil temps up (it was in the 40's OAT) so I'll do that on the next run while setting prop pitch.
Inspection and first flight on Tuesday (maybe next, maybe the following .
https://youtu.be/CcYHAP_f3e8
It's an Aero Sport IO-540 with SDS dual ecu injection and ignition, 9:1 pistons, BPE cold air induction, and Whirl Wind Aviation 375HRT prop.
A few take aways: Use your checklist! I had mine at home but decided I didn't need it. That resulted in me starting on only one coil and one ecu! It was a trooper and started/ran but didn't run smoothly.
Check torque on everything! I safety wired my oil filter perfectly. I just didn't torque it before hand! So we had a pretty good oil leak after a few minutes of running.
The oil filter was fixed and rewired, the throttle cable was adjusted to get lower idle RPMs (put the throttle body on the stop), ECUs adjusted a bit for next start, and everything cleaned and checked over.
The second and third starts were perfect and she ran smooth. I didn't cycle the prop since I didn't get oil temps up (it was in the 40's OAT) so I'll do that on the next run while setting prop pitch.
Inspection and first flight on Tuesday (maybe next, maybe the following .
https://youtu.be/CcYHAP_f3e8