X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 718444 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:36:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.207; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id p8so127212nzb for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Aqj3fqrUNMetbyZJPJn0tNMAzF+//LsTCas9bhOsvUzoS10NPtQDQaISU3b+RJAWMFTJiU7grj0zrxe1dQw7f97nYy5HDPphYk9c92vTdrOL1rtYnjORZRFXDr71yJoQywmzBXGejLMMvzNXDtdbCsHh5xH0kpMi957g2uNdFeM= Received: by 10.36.220.54 with SMTP id s54mr2101152nzg; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.8.13 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1c23473f050911093580e867@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:35:41 -0700 From: David Leonard Reply-To: wdleonard@gmail.com To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: mystery inflight fuel pressure drop In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_9034_28407107.1126456541639" References: ------=_Part_9034_28407107.1126456541639 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline IMHO, if you want to just monitor one or the other, return is better. Dave Leonard On 9/11/05, David Carter wrote:=20 >=20 > Seems like having two fuel flow sensors and indications (FF being burned,= =20 > and FF being returned) is a really important "discovery" or "insight" for= =20 > discovering failing fuel pumps or accumulation of debris. I'd never have= =20 > thought of monitoring "return" FF until this pump failure experience came= =20 > up. > David > ----- Original Message ----- *From:* David Leonard = =20 > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft =20 > *Sent:* Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:24 AM > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] Re: mystery inflight fuel pressure drop > =20 > Perry,=20 > Kelly is right. one of my walbo pumps just went bad but it was very=20 > intermittent. It was a lot more obvious by watching the fuel flow. > Ed lists all the other possible causes. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Dave Leonard > Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY > http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html > http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html=20 > On 9/11/05, Kelly Troyer wrote:=20 > >=20 > > Perry, > > Dave Leonard had similar issue recently.........Was pump going bad !! > > -- > > Kelly Troyer=20 > > Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 --=20 Dave Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html ------=_Part_9034_28407107.1126456541639 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
IMHO, if you want to just monitor one or the other, return is better.<= /div>
 
Dave Leonard

 
On 9/11/05, = David Carter <dcarter@data= recall.net> wrote:
Seems like having two fuel flow sensor= s and indications (FF being burned, and FF being returned) is a really impo= rtant "discovery" or "insight" for discovering failing = fuel pumps or accumulation of debris.  I'd never have thought of monit= oring "return" FF until this pump failure experience came up.
 
David
 
----- Original Message --= ---=20
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:24 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: mystery inflight fuel pressure drop

 
Perry,
Kelly is right.  one of my walbo pumps just went bad but it was v= ery intermittent.  It was a lot more obvious by watching the fuel flow= .
 
Ed lists all the other possible causes.
On 9/11/05, = Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net&g= t; wrote: =20
Perry,
    Dave Leonard had similar issue recently.........Was= pump going bad !!
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Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2



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Dave Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html
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