Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:27:39 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.netdoor.com ([208.137.128.157] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP-TLS id 2039367 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:40:54 -0500 Received: from netdoor.com (port332.jxn.netdoor.com [208.148.193.32]) by smtp3.netdoor.com (8.12.7/8.12.1) with ESMTP id h1S1epBH000555 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:40:52 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Message-ID: <3E5EBE28.5040407@netdoor.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:40:56 -0600 From: Charlie & Tupper England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Injector Sizing References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Marvin Kaye wrote: > Posted for "Leonard Garceau" : > > I have a question: As a backup system for my autoconversion (fuel) > I'm considering one large injector into the manifold to spray fuel to > keep the engine running until landing. What does it take to fire a > fuel injector 50 lb/hr 12 ohm saturated circuit driver type? Would be > feasible to use it as a backup fuel delivery? Is the triggering > complicated or can a simple electronics do the job? > > Leonard > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> > I've heard tales of factory planes flying on the primer nozzles. Have you considered using a primer nozzle or two & a low pressure pump like the Facet or even a hand operated 'wobble pump?' Charlie