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Paul wrote:
I wish to point out that I am in no way condemming the MicroTech ECU. It was easy to install with it's pre-wired harness and excellent instruction manual and schematics. It has more features than I will ever use, to include data mapping. You can even limit rpm's, boost, turn on auxillary cooling fans, change the timing, mixture, amount of milliseconds the injectors are open, adjust how much extra fuel is injected for cold start enrichment, hell, I think it will even cook your breakfast and do the dishes. Finding someone familiar with the MicroTech for assistance is another story, however. Paul Conner
Paul, it's like software. Windows is easy. Linux is easy. Macs are easy. My response is always, what ever you know is easy.
All the old guys like Lycomings, because 'they are robust'. I call bullocks on that. 'They are robust' because everyone has learned to baby them and ignore their peculiarities. If a head cracks or a P-lead breaks, it was the pilot's fault for descending without power to fast or not doing a mag check before flight. With the Microtech, you bit off a chunk hoping to avoid __________. In fact, I would say that nearly everyone here has chosen to bite off a chunk and explore new options rather than continue to muddle through and accept the same old problems.
I think you're now feeling like the chunk you chose, might be a little bigger than you first counted on. Kind of like I used to feel running a 10K (Tell me again, why the hell am I doing this?), and how I've often felt over the past 3yrs of building. The only thing to do is to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Whether you switch or keep the path you're on, none of it will be easy. Learning anything significant is hard work, and even the Cessna will come with its own bag of new headaches. Just try look at what you've accomplished, how much you've grown since you first started, and the current situation will start to look smaller in comparison.
Ernest (at least that's what I keep telling myself)
BTW, I don't know if it is significant, but I don't run in 10K's anymore 8*)
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