Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #48356
From: Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] EC3 Controller
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:15:12 -0400
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Message

Rino,

What exactly is it about the Renesis crank angle sensor signal that the EC-2 can not handle? 

Bill B

 


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Rino
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:02 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] EC3 Controller

Tracy,

 

Anyone had a problem with the Renesis crank angle sensor and had to change it.  I may have to get a new crank angle sensor, but first I want to check with you guys.

 

Tracy is probably gone to Colorado, maybe someone got this problem before.

I cannot get full power on my Renesis for takeoff on Controller A.  Seems like controller B works OK.

It is not the fuel mixture, I tried that.  Actually, when the throttle is wide open the mixture display goes up and down rapidly, from full lean to full rich and the engine surge.

 

I had a similar problem when I first installed and started the Renesis.  I had the EC2 controller then and had to get the EC3 to fix the problem.  Now it is coming back to me on the EC3, I think.  The problem then was with the crank sensor, the EC2 could not handle the sensor signal at more than about 5000 rpm.

 

I think the problem started progressively during the last few hours of flight, at first I thought it was a fuel mixture problem and was trying to ajust for that but now it is not a mixture problem.  Since the controller B has NO temp. sensor and works ok, I wonder if it has anything to do with that problem on controller A.

 

Rino Lacombe

Renesis powered Glass Goose

 

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