NO NO NO!
Six sigma is a program where there will be 99.99999% good parts. Windows is more like -99% good parts! I can understand your reluctance though if I was talking windows!
Bill
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-----Original Message-----
From: "George Lendich" <lendich@aanet.com.au>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:51:01
To: Rotary motors in aircraft<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Weber chokes

 Bill,
Six sigma? isn't that like Windows, put out something flawed and get
everyone using it to act as problem solvers.
George (down under)

> You are correct of course. The thing is that electrical power is more
> reliably made than internal combustion! Don't forget that the operation of
> a magneto realy is a simple generator. Modern alternators are very
> reliable, and in conjunction with a battery as good as you will ever get.
> A small secondary motorcycle battery will keep you running long enough to
> get safely on the ground. The original Powersport system uses a mechanical
> FI also. The Siemens direct injection is designed to be a six sigma part.
> Once I can get that running I won't be worried. I am visiting my kids in
> Utah. Driving here we drove across Nevada which is VERY desolate. There
> are places where there is nothing for 100 miles. I wouldn't want an engine
> failure there either but modern EFI is so reliable we take off and expect
> to drive 400 miles at 75 MPH without stopping! The truck is diesel but has
> EFI.
> Bill
> ------Original Message------
> From: George Lendich
> Sender: Rotary motors in aircraft
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> ReplyTo: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Weber chokes
> Sent: Apr 4, 2010 2:40 PM
>
>
>> 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)
>
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