Machinehead01
Senior Heliman
Location: Hillsdale,Michigan,U SA
| Hello all
I was out flying today and was doing well working on my hover orientations. At about halfway through my 3rd tank the rpm's went up on the engine. The engine started to burble alittle bit like it was running rich then lean. I set her down without issue, and stopped the engine. Upon close inspection I found that vibration and excess molding flash around the hole in the frame through which the fuel line passed, had sawed about a 3rd of the way through the line. I was lucky if I had been flying a little rougher I might have cut through the fuel line enough to have killed the engine and crashed or leaned it enough to blow the engine up. I am going to do a tear down and deburr and polish the frame hole for the fuel line. Just thought I would pass this on so anybody building or flying can keep this from happening to them.
Thomas
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