X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3882381 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:06:41 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.122; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.19] (really [66.57.38.121]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20091011160606339.RGTV18886@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:06:06 +0000 Message-ID: <4AD202A0.8020507@nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:06:56 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: where's the missing power? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Al Gietzen wrote: > > Mike; > > So, if you are happy with the power you get, I wouldn’t make too much > of it. OTOH; at some point you may want to look at ways improving the > system that might get you more power. > > On mine I’d say the last 20 – 25% of throttle travel makes little > difference. > > Al G > Hear, hear. I would add that you might want to consider modifying the linkage so that you have finer control of engine power. -- Ernest Christley, President Ernest@TechnicalTakedown.com TechnicalTakedown, LLC www.TechnicalTakedown.com 101 Steep Bank Dr. Cary, NC 27518 (919) 741-9397