Sorry; Van's make great planes, but their electronic tech skills (web and otherwise) are severely lacking. Type 'primer solenoid' in the search field. Their part number is EA 05-29823. Unfortunately, these cost $80 +shipping. Charlie On 12/7/2014 9:46 AM, hoursaway1 wrote: How did you find the part Charlie, it will not come up in the search? David From: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> To: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:05:47 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] smoke system control, was: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: the List http://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?ident=1417917551-356-672&action=search This is made to control fuel to primer ports on a carb'd engine, but would probably do the job. No idea how well it would survive the heat of the engine compartment, where it would need to be for a quick/clean cutoff. Maybe mounted low on the firewall away from the air exit, with the lines running uphill to the smoke port on the exhaust? Charlie On 12/6/2014 2:59 PM, hoursaway1 wrote: Yep, I'm here in Michigan doing holiday stuff & visiting kids/grand kids. also am working on a smoke sys. for the RV6A Rotary, want min. 3 gal., portable, useing automotive fuel pump, looking for a solinoid valve control for flow ( no dribbling soft smoke trail ). David R. Cook From: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> To: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 10:10:54 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: the List The last message that I seem to have received from the list was 11/19. this is a test to see if I have inadvertently been dropped. Bill Schertz
How did you find the part Charlie, it will not come up in the search? David From: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> To: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:05:47 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] smoke system control, was: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: the List http://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?ident=1417917551-356-672&action=search This is made to control fuel to primer ports on a carb'd engine, but would probably do the job. No idea how well it would survive the heat of the engine compartment, where it would need to be for a quick/clean cutoff. Maybe mounted low on the firewall away from the air exit, with the lines running uphill to the smoke port on the exhaust? Charlie On 12/6/2014 2:59 PM, hoursaway1 wrote: Yep, I'm here in Michigan doing holiday stuff & visiting kids/grand kids. also am working on a smoke sys. for the RV6A Rotary, want min. 3 gal., portable, useing automotive fuel pump, looking for a solinoid valve control for flow ( no dribbling soft smoke trail ). David R. Cook From: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> To: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 10:10:54 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: the List The last message that I seem to have received from the list was 11/19. this is a test to see if I have inadvertently been dropped. Bill Schertz
Yep, I'm here in Michigan doing holiday stuff & visiting kids/grand kids. also am working on a smoke sys. for the RV6A Rotary, want min. 3 gal., portable, useing automotive fuel pump, looking for a solinoid valve control for flow ( no dribbling soft smoke trail ). David R. Cook From: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> To: "Fly rotary blog, e-mail" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 10:10:54 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: the List The last message that I seem to have received from the list was 11/19. this is a test to see if I have inadvertently been dropped. Bill Schertz