Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: Engine run
I had similar symptoms that about
drove me batty. The engine simply acted as if it were too rich at low
rpms and the secondaries were on below the point they should have been. If
I leaned it out enough to cure this problem, the high end would be too lean.
This WILL happen IF the
pressure sensor is not seeing manifold pressure. In my case, I though I
had pushed the manifold hoses on the barbs of the sensors but in reality had
apparently shoved them between some board components.
Ed;
I had verified early on that the connections
are securely in place. The MAP readout on the EM2 is coming from the data
feed from the EC2, so if the EM2 says 13” then ‘presumably’ the
EC2 is using 13”.
I have not asked but presume you have
tried the "B" controller. In my case, it made no difference
because neither pressure sensor were sensing manifold pressure. But, if
one is connected then switch controllers should make a difference (if
this is the problem).
I have not yet tried controller B.
I believe it is still all set to default settings. During the relatively
brief runs so far I have stayed with controller A because I made changes in
timing, injector flow rates, mixture balance between rotors, and the mixture
correction table, during the dyno runs. I don’t want to abandon that
as it was one of the main features of that test program – get all that
stuff out of the way before I got it on the airplane.
As Rusty suggested; “however
painful”, I’m going to have to first do more calibration work on
the EM2 so I can believe what I’m reading. And, I may have to go
back to ‘default’ on all the injector parameters, and start over. I
have to have a reliable O2 sensor readout, and I may try ‘pneumatic
filter’ on the MAP input.
Al
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August
28, 2004 1:47 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: Engine run
I guess I didn’t
realize that the secondaries would turn on below the staging point, but the
thing that puzzles me is that turning off the secondaries reduced the rpm and
made it rougher. So apparently they were on even thought the MAP reading
was 13.1. Something fishy.
That is fishy
alright. Might be a good time to go through the injector and switch
wiring again.
Good luck,
Yeah, but these are the
same wiring harnesses, connected the same way as on the dyno – and it
worked fine there. OK; its worth some further checking. It is
always something you least expect.
Al