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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Starting advance
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:31:29 -0500
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Ernest, I think you are watching too many "Terminator" flicks on TV {:>). 
Ok, looks like the EFI CPU you are using does indeed us precognition.

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Starting advance


> Kelly Troyer wrote:
>> Ernest,
>>    Now I recall the EDIS-4 has a 10 degree set advance.........Are you 
>> going
>> with a carburator since a gravity emerg. fuel feed will not work with EFI 
>> ? --
>>
> No.  Emergency fuel will be controlled with a manual valve that dumps fuel 
> in front of the throttle body.
> If my generator cops out, I can let the battery keep the fuel pump and 
> injectors running, or I can shut them down and crack open the emergency 
> gravity feed valve.  I could even leave the CPU running on the battery and 
> try to dial in a nice lean mixture.  Since one ignition will have a 
> separate power source, I can shut down all the non-essentials and procede 
> in "J-3 Mode" (yeah right!...to the nearest airport).  Throttle *control* 
> will be crappy and non-responsive, but with a decent valve I'll be able to 
> dial in a cruise setting a leave it till I'm in the airport vicinity. 
> Then I close the valve, switch back to fuel pumps and EFI, using the 
> battery that I've saved.  Now that I'm in the pattern, I'll have at least 
> 30 minutes of battery life to get safely on the ground.
>
> The alternate fuel supply and alternate ignition power source will only 
> work if the engine is already running, but I can't foresee any reason to 
> try to use an emergency recovery plan to get airborne.  Maybe I'd need to 
> do it if a shape-shifting robot from the future was after me and I needed 
> to fly to the secret bunker so that I could command the worlds remaining 
> remnants of humanity in a battle against Skynet.  But in that case, I'd 
> have the governor of California there to help me, and I'd just catch a 
> ride with him.  Always have to have a backup plan.
>
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