X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-wy0-f180.google.com ([74.125.82.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.10) with ESMTP id 4587051 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:43:23 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.82.180; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by wya21 with SMTP id 21so6142277wya.25 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:42:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=ZX1pmA7AqKrE/3H7bxqLwAFKcjFbY+o4EGe5Htxd7oE=; b=dpOF/FzH4nNqEBTBCK6EE7fQsax/F8edOfwxluH8JXP7ptN3C8lE8PiUQq04M32POT s1qVyQ1R/WGwICIV48UGdbgSZSkGQvIJQSqmBbQ0KRmeghc7V5fzb3kM51pku5CAuMcL yEBwi6cb57+fca09ZV2wLOETj3XQVnHD6uA4I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=nxHq8FRBBt8hbGnzYCjZrGyml5MyMlezQdHJ/H5+wAOR/6fOifmUj4gbMDTwaiX7Fc Nu1WmOJi6Hsc96W0DD/Up1mhzyVFDAkNhLxkrRszc6z427VNOPm3kE2dlWbJCvB6YITa WFyssBZuy2bMllFaLRaO83sukP2Ra8uwfoOMU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.35.133 with SMTP id u5mr3711605wea.72.1290343365602; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:42:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.21.145 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:42:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:42:45 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wZBA0y9STGILfJR14uNaMae1iw4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Nitro in a rotary aircraft - N/A 20B? From: Tracy To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016365eec12f1ef4c04958f79b2 --0016365eec12f1ef4c04958f79b2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nitrous systems that I've seen have a completely independent system for injecting additional fuel when the nitrous is on. The EC3 has no way of knowing anything about the NOX system so it does nothing different. Tracy On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Dustin Lobner wrote: > Some talk on HomeBuiltAirplanes.com forums brought up the question, has > someone ever used nitrous oxide on a rotary aircraft install? I'm pretty > sure a supercub-type plane did that awhile back (on a Lyco) for a super > short takeoff roll using a fixed pitch cruise prop (with a crapton of HP at > takeoff). That's close to my application in the end, probably with a N/A > 20B, hence the interest. > > Tracy, how would your EC3 handle short bursts of nitro? Would that totally > throw the mixture curve, would I need to manual adjust while doing it, or > would it auto compensate somehow? > > Thanks! > > Dustin > Rockford, IL > --0016365eec12f1ef4c04958f79b2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nitrous systems that I've seen have a completely independent system for= injecting additional fuel when the nitrous is on.=A0 The EC3 has no way of= knowing anything about the NOX system so it does nothing different.
Tracy

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Du= stin Lobner <dml= obner@gmail.com> wrote:
Some talk on HomeBuiltAirplanes.com forums brought up the question, has som= eone ever used nitrous oxide on a rotary aircraft install?=A0 I'm prett= y sure a supercub-type plane did that awhile back (on a Lyco) for a super s= hort takeoff roll using a fixed pitch cruise prop (with a crapton of HP at = takeoff).=A0 That's close to my application in the end, probably with a= N/A 20B, hence the interest.

Tracy, how would your EC3 handle short bursts of nitro?=A0 Would that t= otally throw the mixture curve, would I need to manual adjust while doing i= t, or would it auto compensate somehow?

Thanks!

Dustin
Rockford, IL

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