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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@aanet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Weber chokes
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:40:44 +1000
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> George,
> You are correct but remember the manifold efficiency is based on having 
> the correct size runners to begin with. The venturi is needed to improve 
> vacuum to draw fuel. The Weber has a secondary venturi as well, the little 
> bullseye one in the middle. So things are complicated in any case. A well 
> tuned FI is almost always better.
> Bill Jepson

Bill,
I love the concept of FI, it's the electronics and the complexities of it 
all that worries me. I think Lynn said it best, FI is almost always better - 
provided you have power. I couldn't have said it better myself.

That statement struck a note for me, as I remember when I was traveling by 
myself in a very remote part of north Western Australia on a new bike (1800 
Suzuki), it's got fuel injection the lot, all of a sudden it stopped and I 
was thinking %^&(*^$# how in the hell am I going to fix this out here. 
Luckily by the time it rolled to a stop I realized I had bumped the kill 
switch - -but for that moment there was a lot of anxiety.
George (down under)