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Ed, Jim, et al,
The oft recommended bypass orifice to bleed off residual fuel
pressure will eliminate the possible flooding from leaky injectors
as they wear and remove the high pressure fuel from under cowl
while in hangar........FWIW
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from James Maher <deltaflyer@prodigy.net>: --------------
Ed,
I prefer the Fuel Pump shutoff method.
On my airplane the fuel system will remain pressurized for a long time after shut down.
I don't like the idea of highly pressurized fuel inside a very hot engine compartment.
So by turning off the fuel pumps with the engine still running it serves to de-pressurize the fuel system.
This way if you do happen to get a stuck open injector it will not flood the rotor housing with fuel.
It only takes a second or two for the engine to quit after fuel pump shutoff.
Jim
Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
To everyone running a rotary engine and particularly flying with one - what is your normal method of killing the engine.
1. Turning off Main Power
2. Turning off EC2 Power
3. Turning off ignition
4. Turning off Fuel Pumps
5. Turning off injectors
6. Other
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