IT'S IN BITS! - PILOT VLOG  

Not good that EH is in pieces but does make for an interesting video. Flying an engine 'on condition' and beyond TBO is fine but issues like this will come up and it's so good that you have plenty of knowledgeable and capable friends to help out. Enjoyable video as always Tim.

Tim. Great to see the nitty-gritty which adds yet another very interesting dimension to the vlog. Hope all the hard work/wait solves the issue !

What a top field you are based at, do love the community atmosphere. Glad you are getting to the bottom of things Tim!

Feeling your pain, Tim. A few hoops to jump through before the next flight, but it'll happen. Rooting for you and Echo Hotel! 👍😁

This brought back lots of frustrating memories of having similar problems with our cylinders… hope it gets sorted soon.

Hobby of maintenance Tim!🤣

gracias por compartir. disfruto mucho sus videos.👍

Glad you managed to identify the issue. Fingers crossed for the outcome, take care. Lee

Hi Tim - I’m glad you are getting to the bottom of it. I love the “community feel” at Nayland. It’s lovely that you have people willing to help. I think a sticky valve would be a bit of a result to be honest, particularly if there’s no damage to the cylinder or piston. Fingers crossed she’s up and running swiftly - I’m following with great interest!

I’ve been following you now pretty much from the beginning, and I think this was the first time I haven’t watched it on the day you uploaded. But I have a great excuse, I was flying, which I think is perfect. A very challenging trip to Oxford airport, for some Nav practice. At least you are getting closer to the solution for EH to be up and about soon. Always interesting to see engines being dismantled, and just how big are those pistons!!. Which is why these engines can run for hours at a time. Looking forward to you saying “clear prop” soon

Hope you get the engine back together and back up again soon Tim. You know what I think every time I watch any aircraft in your videos taking off or landing, I wonder, what are the limits? The weight, the wind, strength, direction etc - with a one way in, one way out runway. What's the max tailwind you can take off with? And what do you prefer, tailwind on takeoff or landing?? A video "brief" on the various procedures for arriving and departing at that fascinating airstrip would be fascinating (especially as I should be flying in there at some point soon!!)

Sorry to see you're still having problems, Tim. Very interesting watching it come apart, although not at all what you really wanted! Good luck with getting it sorted quickly 🤞

It’s good to see that you are getting to the bottom of the troublesome pot . I’m not much of a mechanic , so I found this video very informative . It should be running like a Rolex watch soon . It’s comforting to see you have such good support over at Nayland . Cheers and my best wishes .

I would have expected it to be a sticky valve or bad burn valve seat, not a problem with the piston or rings, as you got no pressure build up. Sounds like I am going to have to make a landing at Nayland (if we get any good weather). I hope you get it sorted soon!

Like we say with humans who get diagnosed with something, "at least we know what's wrong now". I'm pretty sure it will all be back in one piece and making lovely engine sounds in plenty of time for the better weather. It is always interesting to watch the engineering but I'm sure you can do without the inconvenience of it all. Good to see the other activity at Nayland too.

Thanks for sharing Tim. Hope it doesn’t take too long now to fix.

Well thats a BUGGER. Interesting to see whats inside. Naturally when running road gas you will get more carbon build up on top of piston such as you have there. Hence be replicated on Valve. Thats why I mentioned lil Lead conditioner would suit it. Get them to send you pic,s of valve as found and then when cleaned and lapped in. The Rolls Royce are limited to a TBO here of 1200 hours. As John said hours were,t known so this may indicate that. Just like you I had to same on my Jodel back in the day. One thing just as a side I painted a round Orange circle round the Sump plug as easier to see any leaks against the Orange. I am in same boat as you at the mo as My Minicab that doesn't,t wanna fly might now as it has been the Original Coils giving us all the Hassle so new ones in now. So she might have fighting chance now. Bloody sure Planes way worse than Boats and I have both. Be well fly often stops one getting all stiff like. ;0) Cheers Nick

Oh dear Tim, I hope this can be sorted with the minimum of fuss for you?? I have a serious problem now with my exhaust pipes cracking and after 60 years they will unfortunately have to be replaced!! I suspect this is going to be a long old job ....

Hi Tim. Its not clear on the video but during the test on the low cylinder did you listen to whether the air was escaping through the carb, exhaust or breather. The listening through the carb and or the exhaust tells you a valve let by. The breather a rings, piston let by.

Good luck with that Tim, excellent detailed camera work once again. Really interesting comment re permit flyers working on their own aircraft, which is difficult to find on youtube. This channel is a great mix between lovely Suffolk countryside and personal anecdote. Incidentally, which company have you taken the cylinder to? Thanks again Russell

Hopefully not too costly if its a sticking valve

Not the best idea to turn the engine with a cylinder removed along with the through bolts. The shell bearings can spin worst case, if you must remove a cylinder it is good practice to reinstall the through bolts with spacers and fasteners. Do enjoy your video though.

I did a 5 years overall for my MT 3 blades propeller costing me a fortune just to air shipped to the UK and back . Out of curiosity, who sign off the maintenance release forms, you as owner or it has to be signed by qualified engineers??