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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fire was  [FlyRotary] Re: Method of killing power??
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:24:50 -0400
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Good point, John.

Nice save by the way.  Indeed shows that whichever way you have of turning 
off the engine, I think it should be what you normally do - so in a time 
compressed emergency, you don't have to think about it - and it should be 
something quick and simple.   At that time you had the EC2 before the 
Snubbers (BS) which means it had the sneak circuit - which means turning off 
the EC2 would not turn off the injectors - but, with the EC2 WS (with 
Snubbers) turning off the power to it will now do the job.

How long did it take to start you heart beating after you got it out of 
your throat ?{:>)

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Slade" <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fire was [FlyRotary] Re: Method of killing power??


> >That will of course, drain most of the fuel out of the fuel lines -
> but not all.
> Not very much at all, I'd say, Ed. How much fuel do we inject during three 
> or four revolutions? 1/2 cup?
> I think that what you achieve by turning off the pumps is reduction in 
> pressure, not removal of fuel.
> My sequence is pumps, injectors, coils, master.
>
> By the way, I once (stupidly) started the engine in the hanger (to show my 
> wife how the engine sounded). I think this was my second or third engine 
> start when things weren't fully tied down and I didn't know my way around 
> the cockpit. As Murphy would have it the throttle stuck 1/2 open. The 
> brakes weren't holding, my wife ducked as the wing came toward her and I 
> found myself heading across the large hangar toward a very pretty 
> Velocity. I hit the master - she kept running. Hit the EC2 off. Kept 
> running. Finally I turned he injector, coil and fuel pumps all off with 
> one slap of my hand and got her stopped 2 feet from the Velo. I broke one 
> of the switches I hit it so hard. I probably only moved 8 feet in 5 
> seconds, but it was a scary moment.  One thing I learned from that (other 
> than don't start engines in hangars :) was to learn my way around the 
> cockpit until I could find things quickly by instinct. I actually 
> practiced in the dark.
> See! Rusty isn't the only contender for the "Stupid Rotary Tricks" award.
> John
>
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