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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:14:34 -0700
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
From: "BillDube@killacycle.com" <billdube@killacycle.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Throttle by wire
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This might be a very slick input device, but it doesn't include the 
electronics to operate the butterfly servo. You need some electronics to 
read the position sensor and then supply the correct amount of current to 
the butterfly servo to make it move to the desired position.

An LVDT would be nice to sense the throttle handle position, but I might be 
tempted to do it with some sort of resolver. A small joy stick might be 
nice too.

At 10:40 PM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
>You guys that were talking about using the throttle-by-wire from the 
>Renesis.  Eggenfellner (Subaru) is using a similar setup on his H6 setup 
>and sells an "electric throttle".  Looks like either a linear a slide pot 
>or a LVDT.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/abf2f
>
>Pretty clean install.  I might actually have to consider this.  Now, I 
>have no idea if this is the same animal as the Renesis units.  Might be 
>easiest (and cheapest) to just go to the wrecking yard and get the other half.
>
>
>Mike McGee, RV-4 N996RV, O320-E2G, Hillsboro, OR
>13B in gestation mode, RD-1C, EC-2

Bill Dube <LED@Killacycle.com>
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