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Roberts Web Site
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Date: 5-22-2012
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Number of Hours: 10.00
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Brief Description: first engine start
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Today was a great day. I fired up the engine for the first time. Yesterday, I spent the day to prepare everything, recheck all the cables, fuel lines etc....
This morning I pourred 5 gallons of fuel in the right tank and check for leaks, everything was dry but then, something wrong happens.
Remember that all the previous test was done with the tail of the aircraft up on a wooden sawhorse. When I've put the tail on the floor, the tank began to leak. All the trail edge of the right wing was dripping. I then removed about half of the fuel in the tank and it stoped. I finally wiped all that mess and spent the rest of the day with a Rotax mechanic to achieve a more pleasant task. After all the throttle mecanical adj. was done, I finally fired up the engine for the first time. It started on the first spin and all the measures ( temp, press, etc) went ok. What a great moment.
Sorry, but no pictures were taken but I did a small video of that moment that I'll put online later.
Video here === http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pI_9VmJHIE
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