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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ammeter/Ivo
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:46:43 -0400
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Thanks Jim,
Is there anything about the wiring the switch and ammeter I should know?
Buly
On May 26, 2006, at 8:46 AM, James Maher wrote:

> I have installed a balance type ammeter in the prop circuit as is  
> being discussed here.
> In the attached photo of my engine/prop control cluster you can see  
> that the prop control is labeled, not the meter. The meter is  
> installed vertically and deflects in the same direction as the  
> control switch so there is no need to label the meter since it is  
> just a visual reference to assure that when you deflect the control  
> that something is actually happening.
> This has already saved me lots of time troubleshooting when the  
> prop adjustment is not working.
> Jim
>
> Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> Buley, Just so you have the frame of reference firmly in your mind.  
> For
> example, you could either have the amp meter labeled with the first  
> order
> effect - Lower Pitch /Higher Pitch or second order effect Higher
> RPM/Lower RPM. Since it is engine rpm that I would be primarily  
> interested
> in, I (if I had a variable pitch prop) might label the meter with  
> Higher
> RPM/Lower RPM or perhaps Increase RPM/Decrease RPM rather than lower
> pitch/higher pitch (the latter requires some mental manipulation).  
> Just a
> point of view.
>
> Ed
>