Originally Posted by
mitchilito
Well I did fly a bunch this morning with the iridium plugs and it did oil foul on me. Wouldn’t start and run up the second flight. So I cleared the plugs (it was mostly the right one this time). I also disconnected the crankcase rebreather. I got three more flights after that without a problem.
Bye-bye rebreather!
What I would find interesting, is if you would have a peak RPM reading with, and without the rebreather. I would expect the RPM to rise by about 100 to 200 RPM, since the rebreather introduces not only oil (which should not make a difference wrt RPM), but also exhaust gas (piston ring blow by) which should displace some of the inducted air. More fresh air=more bang per revolution=more power.
Just curious what the possible difference might be.