X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.4) with ESMTP id 1725038 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:04:03 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.67; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm60aec.bellsouth.net ([68.223.210.173]) by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061230020304.PRYW7396.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm60aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:03:04 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (really [68.223.210.173]) by ibm60aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061230020303.TZOW19654.ibm60aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.12]> for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:03:03 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9B5BD4D6-E6C3-499D-96EA-9AF90F0D1BC6@bellsouth.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Yet another non-event story Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:03:00 -0500 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) On Dec 29, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Al Gietzen wrote: >>> I noticed my mixture bar was going from lean to totally >> desapearing. Turning the knob to full rich was not enough. >> I saw this a few times. > > Buly; > > It would be interesting to know if you had it previously tuned > giving you > correct mixture. I have had on-going problems with spurious > changes to > settings in the EC2. Carefully tune it one day, and find things have > changed the next, and have had tuning changes occur during flight. > I have > noted changes in the mixture table, stage point setting, injector > pulse > width. Many, many hours spent trying to determine cause, but as yet no > explanation. It has been assumed that it is specific to my > installation - > composite pusher with EC control box at the firewall, EM2 > acquisition module > at the firewall, display on the panel. The problem is primarily with > controller A which communicates with the EM2. > > This may not be relevant to your installation, but it would be > worth paying > close attention to getting it tuned correctly, and see if it stays > that way. > > Al > Al, I had the engine tuned before this happened. The proof is that when I switch to computer B it runs better. I remembered last time I copied A to B. Will tune A again and see if it holds the settings. Buly