Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 779005 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:10:15 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.69; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050311020931.IAYK3636.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:09:31 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Mixture Settings Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:09:50 -0600 Message-ID: <000c01c525df$68216180$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01C525AD.1D86F180" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C525AD.1D86F180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable BTW; I found that the mixture bar on the EM2 a bit below half way up for peak EGT, and always about 1 bar short of all the way up for very rich. Running lean at power, there can be no reading at all; off the bottom. = Am I the only one seeing this?=20 =20 Hi Al, =20 That seems pretty normal. My EM-2 always read 2-3 bars more than the = old mixture monitor gauge Tracy used to sell. I've check the EM-2, and it's reading like it's supposed to. I tend to find my best "normal" power at about 7-8 bars, and you can drop it right off the bottom on lean cruise. The wideband O2 meter that I installed will give me the ability to read 10-20 AFR, rather than just around 14.7 like cheap O2 sensors do. Not = sure if it will translate into enough value to be worth what I paid for it, = but I like knowing what the real number is. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (only 27 more weeks to go on the new oil scoop)=20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C525AD.1D86F180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
BTW; I = found that=20 the mixture bar on the EM2 a bit below half way up for peak EGT, and = always=20 about 1 bar short of all the way up for very rich. Running lean at = power, there=20 can be no reading at all; off the bottom.  Am I the only one seeing = this? 
 
Hi=20 Al,
 
That seems pretty=20 normal.  My EM-2 always read 2-3 bars more than the old = mixture=20 monitor gauge Tracy used to sell.  I've check the EM-2, = and it's=20 reading like it's supposed to.  I tend to find my best "normal" = power at=20 about 7-8 bars, and you can drop it right off the bottom on lean=20 cruise.  The wideband O2 meter that I installed will give = me the=20 ability to read 10-20 AFR, rather than just around 14.7 like cheap = O2=20 sensors do.  Not sure if it will translate into enough value to be = worth=20 what I paid for it, but I like knowing what the real number=20 is.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty (only=20 27 more weeks to go on the new oil=20 scoop) 

 

 

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