G'day Dave !
Thanks heaps for the offer .... but I've already sourced some
Canadian Rock Maple from my "exotic wood supplier" .... split it,
thicknessed, reversed the layers, glued it & actually got lent a 74 X
61 from a friends Tri Pacer (it'll be "close - ish") and copied it on a
Pantograph & hand shaped it to final shape .... It's now ready for
glassing ! :-)
Us Rebel builders are a motivated lot !!! :-)
Yesterday I purchased an IO-320 for a bargain price ... $7,000 Aus
(about 4,000 US) .... it's "time expired" ... but it had a top end done
under 100 hours ago ... and then some dope ran off the runway & trashed
the Twin Comanche it was in ... so I bought the engine for a song from
the aviation wrecker.
We are going to run it "on condition" .... and we expect to get 200 to
400 hours out of it before we need to do a full rebuild
BUT ,.... the pisser is ...we just found out today that an IO-320 is a
different dynafocal to everything else ! :-(
So now I'm half way through making another engine mount (& planning out
how to align the engine properly)
We want our baby to fly hands off again with the bigger engine like it
did with the 0-235 :-)
You might be able to help actually Dave .... any chance of sending me
the thrust line diagrams (with offset) ... I can't find my original
sheet :-(
We hope to be airborne in about 2 months ... There's LOTS of jobs to do
again ....new exhaust, fuel systems , remake the cowl sides longer etc,
etc .... oh well .... done it before, gotta do it again !
Cheers
PS Must send in the Pic's and an article of our Rebel winning Best Metal
Sport Aircraft at the recent Avalon Airshow (supposedly 4th biggest
airshow in the world !) .. so I'm told
Rick & Wendy Harper 541R
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ricker
To:
murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: 0-320 Information, Props
Hi Rick
Been too crazy here & I missed replying right away.
You serious about some Maple? There is a good hardwood supplier
nearby, I buy
bit of Birch for other things and it is always good & dry. I'm not
sure the
postage might be a bit dear though unless your buddy at Quantas wants
to
help..... Let me know.
Outside of that, how is the rebuild & conversion going?
Cheers,
Dave R.
Rick Harper wrote:
G'day Dave & Francine !!! :-)
GREAT to hear the progress reports :-) .... keep at it guys !
Don't like my chances of someone lending us a prop ..... but I
figure
with our NOT shortened firewall, I'm going to have to shave as much
weight as possible of the nose anyhow .... so I reckon I'll be
making
another propeller in Can' Rock Maple ! .... (wanna send me over some
nice hunks of wood for the prop ?!?!?!? :-)
We might get lucky .... I figure, at this stage, that a 74 X 58 is
going to be the way to go ...... it'll give us a good cruise speed
and
still have a good climb rate with the 150 or 160 HP (as we should
have
climb rate to burn ! :-)
Early days yet ... gotta rebuild the 0-235 & get it back in the air
so
we can sell it as a running concern !
Bye for now
Yours "temporarily grounded"
Rick & Wendy Harper
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ricker
To:
murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: 0-320 Information, Props
Hi Rick
Sorry to hear about your engine problems, sounds like you are
bouncing
back
strongly, keep the spirit up! Just to let you know, the short
hops
Francine &
I took with you back in November still have us pumped to work on
our
project -
thanks again, it is worth it!
On the prop, do you have any dismantlers or for that matter R&O
shops
nearby
would sell you "a" prop and let you try a couple until you are
satisfied with
your choice? I would think that a lad like yourself with the gift
of
gab you
have would be able to convince them that it was in their best
interests to work
with you especially with other Rebel projects in the works (Hi
Greg!).
You
could tell them you will write it up in the SAAA magazine & give
them
a
mention?
What about getting in contact with Sensenich after gathering the
consensus of
this group and bouncing it off them? They may be able to give you
more then
the two options in their database.
Cheers,
Dave R.
Francine D.
elite583.cjb.net [second wing half done, only 90% of it to go ;^)
]
Rick Harper wrote:
G'day from "Below" guys !
Rebel 541R suffered a major bearing failure whilst flying
back
from
another state on Sunday morning :-(
Dropped my wife off at a nearby airport ... and limped home on
very
reduced power ... stripped engine out & down , & it's not pretty
inside
:-( :-(
Centre main crank bearing separated the white metal from the
shell
(I've
heard on the grapevine, that this has happened "a bit" of late)
Started the process of rebuilding .... nothing a lot of money
can't
fix
:-(
I'll get it back in the air in a month or so .... and then sell
the
engine as a running item "test in plane" kind of thing.
I'm talking to Bart Lalonde of Canada fame , he's doing me a
short
0-320
E2D ...... can someone tell me the preferred propeller for a
Rebel
on
wheels with a 150 or 160 HP engine. (not sure what HP we'll end
up
making it as yet) .... plus twin LSE ignitions and a crossover
exhaust
system will sparkle it's performance up as well)
Jim Stonier's Rebel has a Sensienich 74 X 56" pitch ... and
cruises
at
110 KNOTS at 2400 RPM ..... is this a "normal" result with 150
HP ?
-
(which is what Jim has )
Can anyone recommend an oil cooler (aftermarket) which is good
enough to
keep the 0-320 cool in a Rebel ?
I'd also really like to know what INLET air area and total
OUTLET
area
- air ducts people are running for an 0-320 ... ?
Thanks all
"Grounded" .... again (for now)
Rick Harper
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