Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #10810
From: Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine run
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:22:39 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Doesn't sound right. I thought 0.7 volts were best (sto...metric) mixture.
0.8V volts more like best power and 0.6 and below getting lean.

Finn

Russell Duffy wrote:
Message

This is something that I've bugged Tracy about pretty extensively.  Mine does the same thing yours does, and Tracy says his doesn't.  I used to use the old gauge that Tracy sold, and I've done some testing with it, and the EM-2 both connected (verified not to interfere with each other).  When the old gauge reads mid scale, the EM-2 is about 7-8 bars.  Since O2 sensors are supposed to put out 0-1V, mid scale should be .5V, so I made a variable voltage source, and used it to simulate the O2 sensor.  At .5V, the EM-2 read mid scale like it's supposed to, and the other gauge read below mid scale.  From that, I concluded that the EM-2 was doing what it was designed to do, but I can't explain why my "mid scale" mixture is well above mid scale on the EM-2.   I tried using a new sensor, of the same type others are using, and it made no difference.  Now that you have me thinking about this again, I just made a note to "fix" this in the calibration mode.   

Good luck.  Don't get discouraged.

Rusty (caught up)

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