Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #58432
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: MAP drop
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:27:59 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
What I'm trying to get at is that I would expect there to be a pressure drop in the MAP when the engine is sucking air
at 5100RPM.  I'm trying to figure out what that drop would normally be.

Mark Steitle wrote:
> Yes, my setup is N/A.  When running the air filter bypass I was running
> a n/a side port 20b.  Now I am running a n/a p-port 20b.
>
> I don't really follow your second question.  I would only open the
> bypass when flying above 3k agl so as to not suck in dirty air.  
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net
> <mailto:echristley@att.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     Are you running normally aspirated, Mark?  When you go WOT, is it
>     significantly below idle?
>
>     I'm trying to decide if my blower is doing anything positive.  At
>     WOT, 5100RPM, I'm getting 98% of what the barometer is
>     reading.
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