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Subject: Finally, the engine runs well.
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:01:17 -0400
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Finally, I have the plane running well. It turns out I had two things wron=
g- I had mis-wired the crank angle sensor, and I damaged the circuitry on=
 my EC2 controller. Here's how I screwed up my EC2- I put four nylon screw=
s through the circuit board where there are already existing holes and dri=
lled through the faceplate. A also had the screw hold a piece of Kydex whi=
ch went around the Sub D connector. I did this with the idea of taking str=
ess off of all the solder joints holding the assembly together. In the pro=
cess, I damaged the solder connections where the mixture potentiometer con=
nects to the circuit board.  I thought the pot was bad, but Tracy found an=
d corrected the problem.

I'm lucky that nothing worse occurred due to my ham-fisted tinkering.=20


I'm still not getting the oil and coolant temps up where they should be,=
 it was around 80 degrees and the  highest I could get the coolant was 170=
, and about 160 for the oil. That was cruising around at full throttle at=
 3800 feet. Earlier I made a lip for my air scoop that decreased the openi=
ng by ~ 16 square inches and streamlined the flow of air inside the scoop=
 somewhat. It appears that I have a ways to go before the cooling/cooling=
 drag is optimized, but at least I have no worries about overheating. I'm=
 still taking it easy on full throttle operation, the fastest the plane ha=
s been up to is 159 MPH @ 7100 RPM at 3800 feet. The plane was still accel=
erating but I'm still taking baby steps.=20

Thanks Tracy.=20


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Finally, I have the plane running well. It turns out I had two things wron=
g- I had mis-wired the crank angle sensor, and I damaged the circuitry on=
 my EC2 controller. Here's how I screwed up my EC2- I put four nylon screw=
s through the circuit board where there are already existing holes and dri=
lled through the faceplate. A also had the screw hold a piece of Kydex whi=
ch went around the Sub D connector. I did this with the idea of taking str=
ess off of all the solder joints holding the assembly together. In the pro=
cess, I damaged the solder connections where the mixture potentiometer con=
nects to the circuit board.&nbsp; I thought the pot was bad, but Tracy fou=
nd and corrected the problem.</div>


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<div>I'm lucky that nothing worse occurred due to my ham-fisted tinkering.=
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<div>I'm still not getting the oil and coolant temps up where they should=
 be, it was around 80 degrees and the&nbsp; highest I could get the coolan=
t was 170, and about 160 for the oil. That was cruising around at full thr=
ottle at 3800 feet. Earlier I made a lip for my air scoop that decreased=
 the opening by ~ 16 square inches and streamlined the flow of air inside=
 the scoop somewhat. It appears that I have a ways to go before the coolin=
g/cooling drag is optimized, but at least I have no worries about overheat=
ing. I'm still taking it easy on full throttle operation, the fastest the=
 plane has been up to is 159 MPH @ 7100 RPM at 3800 feet. The plane was st=
ill accelerating but I'm still taking baby steps. </div>


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<div>Thanks Tracy. <br>
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