Return-Path: Received: from [206.228.212.23] (HELO mail.statesville.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b4) with ESMTP id 130765 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 22:21:27 -0400 Received: from TWJames [63.162.171.178] by mail.statesville.net (SMTPD32-8.11) id AEEF2B40156; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 22:24:47 -0400 From: "Tommy James" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Turbo boost limits in the EC2 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:20:59 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-RBL-Warning: REVDNS: This E-mail was sent from a MUA/MTA 63.162.171.178 with no reverse DNS entry. X-Declude-Sender: twjames@statesville.net [63.162.171.178] X-Note: Scanned for Spam Mike, Your data explains and reflects my experience at 5500' when I lost the Leading coil enroute from PNS to SVH. Temps went to 1800+ power sagged and I was really tense. The only thing I could do was enrichen the mixture to cool it down and retard throttle even more. RPM was then limited to about 4500. Regards, Tommy James<>< Dropping leading looked dangerous and seemed to suggest that > more of the fuel was burning on the way out rather than providing > combustion chamber/rotor pressure/power. I'm sure this would be a bad > thing for you turbo folks! I know this is apples and oranges, but ... > there ya go. > > -Mike --- [Pre-scanned for viruses by Internet America.]