----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:44
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine
start
John,
Sounds like you're making progress.
Steve
Well N96PM
makes noise again. It's running like .hit, but it IS
running.
The (final)
starting problem was the secondary injector switch. I found low voltage at
the secondary injectors and traced it back to the switch - serves me right -
it was one of those mini radio shack switches. They're supposed to be rated
for 10A, but the innards of these things are pitiful. I know because the
switch fell apart in my hand. Two big fat DPDT switches later and the engine
fires up right away. But I'm pretty sure its running on one rotor, and THAT
one isn't running well - very rich, I think. The engine shakes more than it
ever has and doesn't respond hardly at all to throttle changes. Just
sits and burbles at about 1600rpm.
So, I have a
bit more debugging to do, but at least it's a step
forward.
John