X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Tom Mann" Received: from mail.infosaic.com ([216.226.148.38] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2c1) with ESMTPS id 9636002 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:22:58 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.226.148.38; envelope-from=tmann@n200lz.com Received: from DSS04 (v-209-134-133-68.ip.visi.com [209.134.133.68]) by mail.infosaic.com with SMTP (version=Tls12 cipher=Aes128 bits=128); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:26:40 -0400 Message-ID: <930692B448D04E63B0AB051396EFE7FE@DSS04> Reply-To: "Tom Mann" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Batteryless Fuel Injection?? Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:22:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_1021_01D2AC64.2FD5E620" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3528.331 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3528.331 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1021_01D2AC64.2FD5E620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >Personally, with a high-wing aircraft, I=E2=80=99d like to see a purely = mechanical fuel injection system fed with gravity fuel flow =E2=80=93 do = away with the redundant (electric) fuel pumps, 4 (electric) injectors.=20 ______________________________________________________________________ While that may sound good, the odds are higher for a mechanical failure = vs. a electronic failure. This would explain why the auto industry made this transition. T Mann ------=_NextPart_000_1021_01D2AC64.2FD5E620 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>Personally, with = a high-wing=20 aircraft, I=E2=80=99d like to see a purely mechanical fuel injection = system fed with=20 gravity fuel flow =E2=80=93 do away with the redundant (electric) fuel = pumps, 4=20 (electric) injectors.
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