Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #21877
From: Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Killing engine in flight for glide test??
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 11:13:13 -0500
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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This doesn’t work because of some internal feed in the EC2.  With the injectors on the engine will continue to fire with the EC2 off.  (Discussed by Ed and I a week or so ago, and confirmed by Tracy)

 

Al 

 

My engine certainly stops when I turn off the "EC-2" switch, but this all depends on how you wired power to your system.   In my system, I have one switch that powers the EC-2, injectors, and ignition coils.  Actually, it's a double pole switch wired in parallel so I don't have to depend on any single contact of the switch.  

 

If you run one power feed to the EC-2, a second to the injectors, and a third to the ignition coils, then you're right, your engine won't stop if you turn off the EC-2 power.  Of course you'd also lose points for not following the schematic that Tracy includes with the EC-2, which shows one power feed for both the injectors and EC-2 :-)

 

I still don't think it's going to hurt if the coils fire when there's no fuel to burn, so turning off just the injectors is probably fine.  Of course the safest thing to do would be to do your glide test at idle.  I personally think the results would be close enough.

 

Cheers,

Rusty (off to check the oil leak once again, not that it matters, because if it leaks, I'm going to let it keep leaking)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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