X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-yx0-f173.google.com ([209.85.213.173] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5158920 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:22:54 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.213.173; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by yxk38 with SMTP id 38so2357013yxk.32 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:22:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=6Y/uD9RMH2bUaXkHRqpy4J0XALJ2Ln6w40XJY0wTmB0=; b=irq2OrQ5fnQCkOmTHy7IEbfZxAYaBQwZegMzhgvgLSAVWAuL5VRWz0gFy3QOJnaaWl lXr7Qa2Pade71/G1foqUhKpyKaGl9yWkUsTOMxQ4eh1lkhTac74YDhtaOwfYTZ0YN0Xv FNrGoopX2xp/51GrT3KEoRdhxZ0JuGKcJh748= Received: by 10.101.4.7 with SMTP id g7mr3150720ani.90.1318767739690; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [75.251.239.114] (114.sub-75-251-239.myvzw.com. [75.251.239.114]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm27274275ant.10.2011.10.16.05.22.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:22:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AD for all users of 20B version of EC3 References: From: Tracy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4--989361661 X-Mailer: iPad Mail (8F191) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:22:15 -0400 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPad Mail 8F191) --Apple-Mail-4--989361661 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >=20 > Been working with a builder who just got his 20B running on a Seawind amph= ib. He is using the EC3 with the RX-8 trigger wheel option. Had many teeth= ing problems and one of them turned out to be an EC3 fault. This also appl= ies to the stock 20B sensor version of EC3 as well. There turned out to be two problems. One is a code fault which causes the t= railing coils not to fire at RPMs below 600. This makes starting a bit mor= e difficult. The other problem is an installation guide documentation erro= r that has the coil trigger pin assignment scrambled. Engine will hardly r= un at all with this problem. =20 All users of the 20B EC3 should contact me for mandatory update. The update= will not require any change to your wiring since I decided to change the so= ftware to match the documentation rather than the other way around. =20 Note that this AD does NOT apply to the EC2 version of the engine controller= . Tracy Crook= --Apple-Mail-4--989361661 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Been working with a builder who ju= st got his 20B running on a Seawind amphib. He is using the EC3 with t= he RX-8 trigger wheel option. Had many teething problems and one of th= em turned out to be an EC3 fault. This also applies to the stock 20B s= ensor version of EC3 as well.

There turned= out to be two problems. One is a code fault which causes the trailin= g coils not to fire at RPMs below 600. This makes starting a bit more= difficult. The other problem is an installation guide documentation e= rror that has the coil trigger pin assignment scrambled. Engine will h= ardly run at all with this problem.

All user= s of the 20B EC3 should contact me for mandatory update. The update wi= ll not require any change to your wiring since I decided to change the softw= are to match the documentation rather than the other way around.

Note that this AD does NOT apply to the EC2 version of t= he engine controller.

Tracy Crook

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