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Hi JohnD Yes, there are certainly a lot of them littering the ground, but then in fairness - there are a lot more of them flying. However, no question about it, I'm certainly a die-hard rotary fan after 10 years and 500 hours behind mine - despite a few engine out glides{:>). However, while I build and sell the EFISM for the rotary (and Subaru) engine installations - the volume itself is not sufficient to justify the time and tools (fortunately not trying to make a living at it and I enjoy doing it). So, I let my former Hangar neighbor ( now partner) talk me into designing and building this monitor/configuration gadget for the new electronic ignitions for Lycomings. Lot of volume there (over 500 aircraft with the Emag/Pmag systems) and a design challenge to have 3 asynchronous devices communicating. But dealing with the typical Lycoming customer is a bit different {:>) Who knows my new gadget the Electronic Ignition Commander (EICommander) just might prevent a few from littering the ground. Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://www.eicommander.com/index.htm http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html http://www.flyrotary.com/ http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:43 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Still quiet Ed, on a sour note, Lycoming has made more aircraft litter on the 50 states than any other engine manufacture. JohnD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:18 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Still quiet Hey, Chris, It sounds like to me you have way to much time on your hands for the Lycoming crowd. So, you see how desperate some of us are {:>) Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html http://www.flyrotary.com/ http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Chris Barber Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:21 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Still quiet Hey guys, do I have to go have another baby to get some activity on the list? Geez, there must be something going on. If I have to I will take one for the team and go out and find some likely candidates to practice with, but come on....we must be doing some work on our rotaries. I <sniff> miss you guys. BTW, is Tracy back yet? I have my "extra" ECU I need to send in. All the best, Chris ________________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Steve Brooks [cozy4pilot@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:17 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: No start after Steve, Thanks for checking this on your set up. I just sent Tracy an email off line about this. I am thinking that there must be an issue with the controller, unless he has some other test I can do. I am out of ideas on things to check at this point. Steve Brooks sboese wrote: Steve, Last night I tried to determine the effects of miswiring a properly functioning CAS to one of my EC2's Reversing the two CAS signals resulted in no sparks (no coil control signal pulses generated and not one spark seen at any RPM). Disconnecting either or both of the CAS signals resulted in no sparks. Reversing the polarity of either one of the CAS sensors also resulted in no sparks. Reversing the polarity of both CAS sensors resulted in sparks that appeared normal in intensity and timing. This last condition may be a non-issue or possibly an insidious problem. Probably only Tracy would know which would be the case. The sensible thing would be to wire things according to his recommendations, of course. In any case, I could not produce the symptoms you are seeing by miswiring known good components as described. Again, for what it is worth. 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