Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #13393
From: Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Bernie Update, Good news& bad, empty weight and injectors
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:25:16 -0600
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Message

When rotor 1 did fire up, I had to shut the secondary switch off to keep it running. This means that the injectors are running way too rich and it appears that rotor 1’s primary is probably the culprit. Will pull the injectors tomorrow and see if I can determine anything,

 
Hi Bernie,
 
Congrats on the EW.  Van has been a lot more realistic in the later models than he used to be.  It was impossible to make an RV-3, 4, or maybe even a 6 come out to what he said it should. 
 
As for your engine troubles, I'm not sure I follow your logic.  Unless you're at a fairly high power setting, turning off the secondary injectors should do nothing.  I do wholeheartedly agree that you need to make sure your injectors are functioning properly.  It's common for them to stick shut, and it might take a couple minutes of shaking to free it up.  You can put 12v on the coil, and listen for it to click.  You can also swap the primary and secondary injectors, and see if rotor two becomes the problem.  If so, you've got it pegged.  If you need some test injectors, I might have some laying around.  Let me know what you're using. 
 
Cheers,
Rusty (mourning the loss of a Blue Angel aircraft this afternoon- pilot ejected and is OK)


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