Brief Description: Taxi and Emergency Ignition Test
Primed the engine for 4 seconds and then pulled the prop through 8 blades. Moved the aircraft out of the hanger. Got into the cockpit and dumped the oil accumulator and primed the engine for another 5 seconds. With the ignition off used the starter to spin the engine for about 2 seconds. Primed the engine for another 5 seconds and armed the ignition. Hit the starter for about 5 seconds without the engine starting. Primed the engine for another 5 seconds and tried starting again. Another 5 seconds of spinning the engine without a start. Let things set for a minute or so and engaged the primer for about 10 seconds and started smelling fuel. Hit the starter again and the engine caught and came up to a 1000 rpm and continued to run smoothly.
Taxied the aircraft out to the apron and made some turns. Found that the brakes worked better, but not as well as I would like. The tail wheel steering worked but sharp turns were not easy to make due to the lack of good brake reaction. The tail wheel was slow to come back into trail when it was taken out of detent. Visibility is not very good to the right which requires an S pattern on the taxiway to cover the area in front.
When I returned to the hanger I set the rpm at 800 and closed the oil accumulator. Set the rpm at 800 and turned on the Emergency Ignition switch. No change noted in the engine rpm. Turned the main power off and the engine continued to run not quite as strong as when on full battery. The engine continued to run for a minute or so until the throttle was pulled fully off. Additional testing will be required to determine how long the emergency battery will keep the engine running at cruse power.
