Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:16:29 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wb2-a.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.126.136] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 3120725 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:13:22 -0500 Received: (qmail 282 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2004 13:13:20 -0000 Received: from dhcp-191-101.per.utexas.edu (HELO benefits3.mail.utexas.edu) (146.6.191.101) by wb2.mail.utexas.edu with RC4-SHA encrypted SMTP; 25 Mar 2004 13:13:20 -0000 X-Original-Message-Id: <5.1.1.5.2.20040325071202.012072b8@localhost> X-Sender: msteitle@mail.utexas.edu@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 X-Original-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:13:15 -0600 X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Mark Steitle Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EGT Problem In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 07:28 PM 3/24/2004 -0600, you wrote: >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 Good reason to have two EGT's... it aids in diagnosing problems. Mark S.