Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:28:43 -0600
From: Perry Casson <pcasson@sasktel.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] EGT Problem
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Tommy James wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> Today, While cruising at 5500' and 5000rpm, the EGT was reading around 
> 1675.   Then about two hours into the flight, there was a slight loss 
> of power to around 4800rpm, but the EGT shot up to 1800 where I have 
> the limit light set.  I had the mixture set with 0-1 bar showing in 
> the mixture meter.  To lower the EGT, I made the mixture richer to 5-6 
> bars. and the temp came down but stayed around 1750 for the rest of 
> the day.   Any guesses?
> Thanks in advance!
> Tommy James<><

Did you wire up your EC2 so you have switches that can disable 
pri./sec.  injectors and the coil test switch?  I find them great for 
debugging these things on the ground, I think I'd like to have a airport 
in sight before I'd start running too many diagnostics in flight 
though.  Do you have just one EGT or did they both move higher?

Perry Casson