With the repair complete on our Merlin, and the systems back together, it is time to begin the pre-run testing. This short clips show our first run through of tests right through to spark. This was a lot of work on the batteries and starter, so we put her back in the barn and will be looking to add fuel as soon as we can replace our starter switch.
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First Music!
While we've still got a few bugs to work out, we had to share the first functional test run. It shouldn't be long now!
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Testing Progress 13 Dec 2022
Slow success as we move forwards with the testing process, lots of small adjustments. After these runs we brought her back inside and are dropping the fuel bowl; she is running rich and we suspect a float issue.
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2023 First Run
The Merlin was very rich at the end of 2022 so we pulled the carb apart and check free movement of the float, and we also installed a fuel pressure regulator to help control flow, this video is our first run after the work done over the Christmas holiday, as well as the first run of 2023.
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