Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24226
From: david mccandless <daval@iprimus.com.au>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Injector Position
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:03:12 +0800
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
****Bill, excuse me, I have reread your item a number of times. I misread what you said about fuel vapor flashing, I think you said it correctly.  Dave McC

On 21/06/2005, at 8:49 AM, david mccandless wrote:

Hi Bill,
good explanation, I was never sure what was going on there,I did not have a Chrysler 300 incher, but I noticed all of this on my VW, especially in winter! BR, Dave McC

On 21/06/2005, at 8:22 AM, Bill Dube wrote:
. The surface area of the wetted walls is quite large and the fuel layer is thin, so when the pressure drops, all the fuel flashes into vapor.
****We want the fuel as vapor; I think you mean the fuel settles out of suspension as liquid on the walls?
 On cars with carburetors and long manifolds (like air-cooled VWs) they put a throttle position damper to prevent the throttle from closing too quickly.
****So that was what it was for!

        Bill Dube'


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