There was an article in Kitplanes magazine several months ago about a guy who built an elaborate blower system to give his new (certified) engine the same ventilation it would get in flight. That way he could do the complete break in with the engine in a fixed location.
Mike Taglieri On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 4:45 PM Sidney wood via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Bob, > Steve Bennett broke in my 2180 VW before he shipped it to me. He told me > he ran it for one and a half hours at wide open throttle. He was careful > not to let the engine overheat during that break in. If the engine started > to overheat he would shut down, let it cool off and then run some more, and > keep repeating until he got an hour and a half wide-open throttle on that > engine. Hope this helps. > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > California, MD, USA > ............................................ > > > > > The top end was recently overhauled on my Great Plains 2180 and I have > it running pretty well. I have run it on the ground a bit to get it tuned > properly. I want to do a few ground runs and also need to go over a few > other things on the airplane before getting airborne but I am wondering > about methods to do the seating of the rings without actually going flying > at this point. I don't want to glaze the cylinders while I am running it > in. All thoughts are welcome and thanks in advance guys for all the great > info shared here. > > Bob R > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
