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From: John Slade

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:12 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Turbo and the EC2

 It could be that since with boost you have higher combustion chamber pressure which supposedly leads to faster

 

As you know, Leon's only just now coming back "on cam" from his illness.  He didn't go into why, but he did say that there HAS to be a 15 - 20 split between leading and trailing to make the mixture burn properly. He's already persuaded at least one ECU manufacturer to incorporate this feature. He says that otherwise you will "scatter" your engine. Gotta love the aussie language. :).     

 

Leon know so much he leaves me in the dust a bit. I understand that you (Ed) have had various conversations with Leon in the past. Perhaps it would help if you got him to explain this stuff to you, then maybe relay it to Tracy for the good of all.

John