Hi Ed;
    Yea, I'm still here only half way to the pole and yes weather has been nice but as always time is short. I still at least skim over all the list emails every night but usually resist the urge to get involved in threads as I type too slow, No time for that  ;-) . So I'm guess I'm reduced to mere lurking status :-( .
    I thought when I moved my plane home, I'd find myself obsessed with working on it as I was for 3 years of building, but I just don't want to get into it until I have time to commit fully. At least it's protected in my shop and at home, not costing me anything and the time will come when I can fly it again. I just hope it's before I retire in 25 years. :-P
    I was doing some concrete work in the shop recently using my skidsteer, when I accidentally bumped into the wings in their cradle. No damage whatsoever, but the hollow aluminum sound reverberated right through me and left me feeling rather hollow myself as I expected that I'd just taken a huge step backwards from flying again soon. Extreme relief when I found only a barely visible paint scuff.
    Back to lurking mode now.
    Todd      (maybe Tracy will have the datalogger ready before I'm ready again)


Ed Anderson wrote:

Hi Todd,

 

You've gotta stop working so hard and play a bit - get back to flying, no snow, freezing rain, wind-chill, etc, so now's the time to do it{:>).

 

OK, always got to be one or two in the group.  So basically, you turn off everything with the key, fuel pump, EC2 and injectors - well, that should do it OK.

 

Good to hear from you, was beginning to wonder if you had headed up to North Country - I mean way up North.

 

Ed

----- Original Message -----

From: Todd Bartrim

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:09 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Favored Method 9/11 - Fuel Pump Shut off was [FlyRotary] Re: Method of killing power??

Hi Ed;
    Ok, I just gotta be different. I just use the key switch to shut down. This removes power from the bus that feeds the injectors, ignition, EC2 & fuel pumps immediately. Engine shuts down instantly just like an auto, never had a problem using this method. In case anyone would point out the single mode failure, etc of this, I should also add that I have these items fed from my critical system/endurance buss so this switch can be bypassed.

Todd      (still using a stock turbo with no problems) (ok, so I don't actually have time to fly anymore, but I didn't have any problems, when I used to fly before I had a kid :-)