Lobsters and A$$ at ballards. I close my eyes and i can still see it! Great summer! Rounds on me next year!
I know what you mean on the engines Jim wanted me to start the second one.. the nice thing is when ya got too
you can always refer to the one thats together .Arnesons I would still love to have them however and miss shooting the sh@t with Rik on the other
coast. But that will require a rerig Guess i will just suffer with the sixes for now.

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Jerry, have you ever thought of rigging the boat like a plane or copter and running N1 at only two constant speeds, either idle, or run, then only throttle with the N2??????

Adam yes when i first rigged it about 5 years ago Jim and i had multiple conversations on this run two throttles per engine
as you may know the N2 in a helicopter basically is the rotor speed not the throttle.
I am no pilot however when you are operating a copter you bring your throttle up "n1" then you add collective pitch
"n2" this causes the rotor to cup the air "Collective pitch i think"
there is also a droop compensator involved in the copter. it was easier just to wire the whole
n2 wide open We decided to run the n2 governor safety wired "wide open".

ok here comes the planetary inspection
start by removing 3 oil spray bars
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do not use the hole on the side as a jack screw like i almost did until Jim told me it is a blind hole.
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they are there to insert a screw to pull it out
here is the end i see a little bit of foreign material
looks like rubber gasket particles

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ok insert 3 1/4 20 jack screws
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if it takes this long to insert 3 screws you are going to be at this all winter!

Jerry , why don't you scrap all this junk and put in a pair of gellners and konrads !