Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b4) with ESMTP id 121352 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:19:31 -0400 Received: from rad ([65.6.194.9]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040602221859.LOQW18130.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:18:59 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Turbo boost limits in the EC2 Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:16:57 -0500 Message-ID: <021c01c448ef$51712650$6001a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_021D_01C448C5.689B1E50" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_021D_01C448C5.689B1E50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken Welter told me that it works for him, however I haven't = heard back from him. I don't know if there is an easy way to confirm this. Any volunteers? The other thing we have to ask is what ignition controller is Ken = using? If he's not using Tracy's then all bets are off. Mazda times these = plugs differently, but I'm pretty sure that Tracy times them the same. = Turning off the trailing plugs with an EC-2 might not do a thing, or it might = work better. I just don't know. =20 Tracy already has a timing advance feature (mode 6), that can be used as = a timing retard of 4 degrees at whatever MAP setting you want. I'm not = sure that's enough change though. If there's going to be a new feature, why = not make something more along the lines of a significant timing retard that happens at a set MAP. This would stop detonation, as well as notify you = via reduced power that you had crossed the line. =20 Cheers, Rusty (wish I could go to Mojave to watch the space flight)=20 ------=_NextPart_000_021D_01C448C5.689B1E50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

        Ken Welter told me that it works for him, however I haven't = heard back=20 from him. I don't know if there is an easy way to confirm this. Any=20 volunteers?

 The other thing we have to ask is=20 what ignition controller is Ken using?  If he's not using = Tracy's then=20 all bets are off.  Mazda times these plugs differently, = but I'm pretty=20 sure that Tracy times them the same.  Turning off the trailing=20 plugs with an EC-2 might not do a thing, or it might work = better.  I=20 just don't know.  

Tracy already has a timing = advance feature=20 (mode 6), that can be used as a timing retard of 4 degrees at whatever = MAP=20 setting you want.  I'm not sure that's enough change = though.   If=20 there's going to be a new feature, why not make something more along the = lines=20 of a significant timing retard that happens at a set = MAP.  This=20 would stop detonation, as well as notify you via reduced power = that=20 you had crossed the line.  

Cheers,

Rusty (wish I could go to Mojave to watch the = space=20 flight) 

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