X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with ESMTP id 4986265 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 17 May 2011 09:41:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.122; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=aeMH4JcVOnVr0LmJAzqEvfnmJyuaZufWdlng4HTRGCk= c=1 sm=0 a=v3Lj2-D6UPAA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=j1qjk7avtpLv9dzjosUA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=Qa1je4BO31QA:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 174.110.167.5 Received: from [174.110.167.5] ([174.110.167.5:59924] helo=EdPC) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 33/67-03893-FCA72DD4; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:40:32 +0000 Message-ID: From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Reliably starting Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:40:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Would love to get more involved, Ernest. But, just don't have the time at the moment - yeah, I know, I know.... but, I keep telling you if I had know how tough retirement was, I would've kept a formal job {:>) Just thought I would see if I could spot anything in the data that my on eyeball might spot that you didn't. I'll continue to do that - just in case I do spot something. Press ON! Ed -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ernest Christley" Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:02 AM To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Reliably starting > Ed Anderson wrote: >> Hi Ernest, >> Not that familiar with the Microsquirt system. But, If I am >> interpreting parts of your graph (your Air/Fuel Ratio), it looks to me >> that yes, the Fuel dramatically increases right after start to around >> 10:1, but then it drops off to around 22:1 - a very lean mixture as you >> pull the throttle back. > > It's a really slick system. The ECU is a DIY thing. Comes with a circuit > board and LOTs of components. You can also buy them already put together. > There are several different versions of the firmware, and several PC > programs that computer for configuration, tuning and recording logs. The > flexibility and data exposure is incredible. > > The logging system of MegaSquirt is one of the neater things I've seen. > If you're interested you can download the viewer that I'm taking > screenshots from for free. It's called MegaLogViewer. It has a nag > screen to get you to support their project, but it isn't overly > burdensome. Then I can send you my datalogs, and you can play it back in > real time and watch whichever parameters you're interested in. > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html