Hey Mark,

forget Ed - he is hopelessly lost in doing everything backwards - or should I say "plugs-up!!"
People told him countless times that it wouldn't work - he just doesn't listen!
However he did mention he never told his engine that it was "pu" now and can't work!
Maybe he did the same with the gauges!

TJ :))


----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges

Hey! A little more respect for your elders {:>).  Back then there were very few liquid cooled engines in flying homebuilts at all - NOW  you can find "coolant" or "Water" pressure and temperature gauges.

Yes, I have been know to make do with what ever would make it go.  If we were logical (according to most folks) we would be flying behind a Lycoming {:>).

Trying my hand at the use of a miniature colored graphic OLED display - but can't even get the thing to turn on a pixel yet.  So is it the display, the controller, my connections or my software? (No answer required)  These things have gotten very complicated, taking 15-20 separate commands just to configure and initialize - makes programming a chip seem simple {:>)

Ed


----- Original Message ----- From: "Steitle, Mark R" <mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu>
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:27 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges


Ed,
Let's see if I got this straight... You fly an airplane you built in your garage, installed a car engine... (sideways), with pistons that go round and round instead of up and down (like real engines do),  you're using a fuel pressure sender for water, and a water sender for fuel.  Hmmmmm, OK, sounds perfectly logical to me.

Mark

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From: Rotary motors in aircraft on behalf of Ed Anderson
Sent: Sat 12/2/2006 9:41 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges


Wendell, I used a 0-30 psi fuel pressure sender for my water pressure - still working after 8 years.  I also used UMA's 0-30 psi fuel gauge which they remarked as "water pressure" rather than "Fuel Pressure".   They used to have a Water  pressure gauge  - you might try their web site.

http://www.umainstruments.com/

Ed


----- Original Message ----- From: Wendell Voto <mailto:jwvoto@itlnet.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges



----- Original Message ----- From: Lehanover@aol.com
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges


In a message dated 12/1/2006 9:33:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, downing.j@sbcglobal.net writes:


Some DAR's require that you have a valve and can reach it with your seat belt on.  I assume an electric one, as Ed mentioned would also do.  JohnD

The control valve could be outside the cockpit and operated by a dash mounted pointer with a long aluminum tube shaft through the firewall to the valve.

LYnn E. Hanover

Speaking of fuel valves, the original Cozy plans call for a manual selector valve mounted  between the pilot and co-pilot with lines up to the seat-back and then to the engine. This setup has several connections in the cockpit that can leak.

As far as a fuel shut off valve, I don't plan on using one, just turn off the fuel pumps. For maintenance I plan on ball valves out of the tank (ahead of the sump tank) and these could be remotely operated.

Thanks to all for the responses on the gauges questions.  I found some sources for the VDO units and will look at the suggested ones also.

Any suggestions on water pressure gauge senders? Can't find any yet.

Wendell




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