Originally Posted by
the Wasp
wow, you sure can't complain about that can you
Typical to when engaging in bragging... one gets his comumpence.
After four test flights with the engine, the cowl was installed and two more flights made yesterday. All was well with the first flight except that after landing on the first flight and turning to taxi back to the pits... the engine died.
About 20 min later it was given a second flight and all went well for 4-5 min and it started to miss and progressively got worse so was brought in and it died about 10 ft altitude on the last of the landing leg. On the bench, it would not restart... even after going to the truck and getting the starter... it would not start. It would bark a little when primed by holding a finger over the exhaust stack having the muffler pressure line and forcing a prime, but it would not run.
Suspecting the carb had heated and was vaporizing the miserly amount of fuel the engine uses, upon allowing it to cool, it started and ran fine. Though the jugs stand clear of the cowl and get cooled fine, the carb was heating inside the cowl and causing fuel vaporizing.
So, a hitch needs to be worked out.