C-97 Progress Update

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Airlift48

Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:07 pm

When I get a chance to look through the maintenance manual, I will get the numbers..
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Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:15 am

Sounds good. When was the last time those engines ran? I hope you guys get some good video's of the big start up day.
Airlift48

Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:12 am

A few years ago. We turn them over regularly, however. I imagine we'll be running them a bit this spring.
Airlift48

Re: C-97 Progress Update

Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:42 pm

As of Monday, June 29, 2015...we have run ALL 4 R-4360s on the "Angel". Things are looking up!
TheBigBadGman

Re: C-97 Progress Update

Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:05 am

Wonderful news!
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Re: C-97 Progress Update

Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:53 am

Airlift48 wrote:As of Monday, June 29, 2015...we have run ALL 4 R-4360s on the "Angel". Things are looking up!



Great news, Kevin...posting video anywhere?
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Re: C-97 Progress Update

Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:13 pm

Dan K wrote:
Airlift48 wrote:As of Monday, June 29, 2015...we have run ALL 4 R-4360s on the "Angel". Things are looking up!



Great news, Kevin...posting video anywhere?



Ditto. But here's a video I found from December 2014 when they fired up two of the engines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2H6lA7iYHM
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Re: C-97 Progress Update

Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:13 pm

Double post
Airlift48

Re: C-97 Progress Update

Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:47 pm

Actually, we ran 3 of them in December. We just ran #3 last week. We'll be running them again this week sometime.

I posted the video to the WIX Facebook group.

KK
Airlift48

Re: C-97 Progress Update

Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:26 pm

Last week, we ran all four engines for a few hours until we ran out of fuel.

We will be having the airplane weighed soon.

They all ran fine, but #3 never really cleared of smoke. There are a few oil leaks to take care of on it, and of course, since it hadnt been run in 20 years or so, we'll have to do another compression test on it to see what's going on.

We suspect a few things, a sticky primer solenoid, resulting in a rich mixture, a stuck ring possibly, just a rich mixture in general, and of course, oil leaks. We already pulled all the screens and they are clean and metal free.

We will sort out the issues, but overall, the engines seem like they're in good shape.

Here's a vide shot of the first 20 minute run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCX_-ZuP9Es
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Re: C-97 Progress Update

Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:11 am

Nice video, thanks for posting- to paraphrase: "I love the smell of 4360's in the morning....smells like victory...."
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