To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:26:23 -0500
From: DELTAFLYER@prodigy.net
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] 2nd and 3rd run logs

Russell,
The short answer to your question is Yes.
I found this out the hard way.
Recently, I too started my rotary for the first time 
using the EFI. (had been run previiously with a carb)
As soon as I turned off the cold start switch the 
engine would die. I asked Tracy about this and he said 
to check the primary injectors. Sure enough they were 
both stuck closed. Using the advice from the archives 
that someone posted I wacked them on a block of wood 
and hit them with 12v pulses until they started 
clicking again. Once they were re-installed in the 
engine it started fine and ran without the cold start 
switch on. Apparently the way Tracy increases fuel for 
starting is to turn on all the injectors. If I had 
know this it would have been easier to trouble shoot.
(I do not have the injector disabling switches 
installed, as suggested).
I had another successful ground run this weekend and 
was able to achieve a peak of 5440 RPM static.
Jim Maher
Dyke Delta/13B

--- Original Message ---
From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" 
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] 2nd and 3rd run logs

>Greetings,
>I'm pasting in my log entry for today that covers the 
2nd and 3rd engine
>runs.  Can someone please confirm the following:
>At low power, if you turn off the primary injector, 
is the engine supposed to quit?