X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-wy0-f180.google.com ([74.125.82.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2o) with ESMTPS id 4892325 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:11:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.82.180; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so3534361wyf.25 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:10:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=pXdrp0P/0j46N9ZlSBfGAPescKmXMWG2+xrbqsS8MEY=; b=LI+RNcRsCbvYGvBbaSQKZvWVLDLpl1pYjnFXS99F1p0IeofQ6Lt5qaYJT28/iqgdV+ a2Dc1FW1Wx45BF2+6KmCXNVJIC2V5jjotHYsEIxS8FBfL7EziTOXngTDzrjwrfV3sAvg MUwCUlUJ0Y3jfH4Nm4EKLdWvfbggQYv8N6udk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=WQo5EPU5SzkmHLVF9CPabcHCzeCZWmHwjxJf7VupoWh/OJvkcQON9fagBps6stXzQt 7evOqksczEdK1EWieK4OJcHr9FVjYzSRs94cjYPjsCPphVBFXQl76YzD3QGnlL3KoX/Y vn6zs4L5L+CFj82kj9NAxzj7n9g6EIAV7JN0Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.24.132 with SMTP id x4mr929784wex.81.1299373845345; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:10:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.230.215 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:10:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:10:45 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7gCogGdg_FiU1AuKOAaYnuCLS4k Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Miss above staging point. From: Tracy To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6dbe2d97b75bc049dc60c80 --0016e6dbe2d97b75bc049dc60c80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Use those instruments! What happens to the EGTs when passing through the staging point? Data is better than guessing. Tracy On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Bill Bradburry wrote: > I have developed a miss above the staging point. The fuel pressure > seems ok, the mixture also seems ok. I am at a loss. > > > > To try and troubleshoot, I am considering getting above the staging point > and disabling the primaries and secondaries to see if I can identify which > is the cause. Since it runs ok below the stage, I assume it is not the > primaries. > > > > I recently changed my fuel filters and installed a large canister filter. > There seems a possibility that I introduced some contamination that clogged > an injector. Other wise it seems it must be spark related. This just > happened one flight ago. The engine was running fine, till that last > takeoff. It was missing and would only get about 6300 rpm. After take off, > I turned the prop back and slowed the engine down to below that number and > it smoothed out and ran fine the res of the flight. Today while taxiing > around, I noticed that the miss was back. > > > > Opinions welcomed. > > > > Bill B > > > > > --0016e6dbe2d97b75bc049dc60c80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Use those instruments!=A0 =A0 What happens to the EGTs when passing through= the staging point?=A0=A0 Data is better than guessing.

Tracy
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Bill Bradburry = <bbradburr= y@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I have develop= ed a miss above the staging point.=A0 The fuel pressure seems ok, the mixture also seems ok.=A0 I am at a loss.

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To try and tro= ubleshoot, I am considering getting above the staging point and disabling the primaries and secondaries= to see if I can identify which is the cause.=A0 Since it runs ok below the stage, I assume it is not the primaries.

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I recently cha= nged my fuel filters and installed a large canister filter.=A0 There seems a possibility =A0that I introduced some contamination that clogged an injector.=A0 Other wise it se= ems it must be spark related.=A0 This just happened one flight ago.=A0 The engi= ne was running fine, till that last takeoff.=A0 It was missing and would only get about 6300 rpm.=A0 After take off, I turned the prop back and slowed th= e engine down to below that number and it smoothed out and ran fine the res o= f the flight.=A0 Today while taxiing around, I noticed that the miss was back= .

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Opinions welco= med.

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Bill B<= /font>

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