Getting the gen./alt. op. is critical for proper eng. op./adjust, remember, "gen. failure is an EMERGENCY situation" gotta keep it up ( voltage ) up. Cong
rats on eng. run. David Cook Lansing MI RV6A Rotary.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:46:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Initial Tuning - Alternator working
You’re getting there, Mike, one step at a time. Now that your A/F ratio indication is working properly that should help with the tuning considerably. Won’t be long now.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mike Fontenot
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:17 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Initial Tuning - Alternator working
Update:
I got the right connection for my alternator, experimented and rewired the field and ground leads per some suggestions from the Aeroelectric List. WhaLa, alternator started outputting about 15 volts. Too high, but a few turns of the LR3C regulator screw has it now outputing 14.2 volts.
And as an added bonus, after letting the engine warm up, I started slowing adjusting the Mixture Control up and down. Guess what, the Mixture Indicator on the EM2 slowly tracked those changes in a smooth manner. Much more so than last weekend when running on battery only.
Engine still idles higher than it should but now I'll go back to actual tuning tasks. Progress is good.
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Mike
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Mike Fontenot
Apex Consulting & Services LLC
Lakewood, Colorado
303 / 731-6645
mikef AT apexconsultingservices DOT com
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