Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #4759
From: John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Fuel System
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:45:23 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Since we are using two rotors is it possible to
> split the fuel rail into two rails and have one of the returns plumbed to
the port
> tank and the other plumbed to the starboard tank?
I thought of doing this too since I was after total redundancy.
The question becomes - "how well will the engine run (if at all) on one half
of the system?" You dont want failure of either system to be a problem or
you've doubled you're risk.
This will depend on the computer settings. Using cold start I suspect it'll
run reasonably well on either just primaries or just secondaries. Running on
one rotor only would probably not be a good idea. The other constraint is
physical. At least with my 3rd gen engine with the primaries in the block it
would be simple to plumb the primaries and secondaries seperate. They're
seperate already. You'd just need an extra regulator and a couple of extra
pipes.

In the end I decided to T the input just before the rail and switch the
return with a solenoid.
Regards,
John Slade

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