Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #55066
From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Starter abuse.
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 08:36:58 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Congrats Ernest.  If you're like me, it will take a little practice before you have the starting technique down.  It will vary with OAT and whether it is a hot start or a cold start.  On my setup and when the OAT is low and doing an initial start, I typically use 2-3 primer shots with the mixture set to full-rich.  If it starts and dies, I'll give it another 1-2 primer shots.  If I'm doing a cold start, but weather is warmer, I'll use 1-2 primer shots but only go to about 3 o'clock on the mixture.  On a hot start, I'll leave the mixture alone and maybe give it only 1 primer shot.  It takes a little practice, but not nearly as difficult as doing a hot-start on a Lycoming.  Of course, this assumes the EC-2 is tuned properly and injectors are working like they should.  

Loved the YouTube video.  Keep us up on future runs.  

Mark

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Earnest,

 

If it is the first time I am starting my engine, I set the mixture at full rich, give it about 2-3 primer shots, and it kicks off after only a couple of blades.  If I don’t do the primer shots, I get a response like you did.  You didn’t mention if you used primer shots???  As the engine warms up, I reduce the mixture gradually back to the center mark at idle.

 

Don’t go overboard on the primer shots.  You will flood the engine.

 

Bill B

 


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ernest Christley
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 2:45 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Starter abuse.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoYEZk6X1nA

This portion from the datalog is where it kicked off and ran.


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