Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #52995
From: Dustin Lobner <dmlobner@gmail.com>
Subject: Nitro in a rotary aircraft - N/A 20B?
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:26:39 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Some talk on HomeBuiltAirplanes.com forums brought up the question, has someone ever used nitrous oxide on a rotary aircraft install?  I'm pretty sure a supercub-type plane did that awhile back (on a Lyco) for a super short takeoff roll using a fixed pitch cruise prop (with a crapton of HP at takeoff).  That's close to my application in the end, probably with a N/A 20B, hence the interest.

Tracy, how would your EC3 handle short bursts of nitro?  Would that totally throw the mixture curve, would I need to manual adjust while doing it, or would it auto compensate somehow?

Thanks!

Dustin
Rockford, IL
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