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Paul has a talent for designing stuff that is
better than anything ever designed by anyone else (in his not so humble
opinion), but then never building it and flying it. Tracy on the other hand
sells stuff that is flight tested and proven.
I've definitely had my issues with the EC2 and
would like to see some changes (sure would be nice to be able to connect a
laptop or PalmPC via a USB to see/modify the MAP tables). But its about as
simple as you can get, is inexpensive for what it does, and has thousands of
hours of real world testing behind it.
I guess my question would be why would you want
anything else? If Tracy were charging thousands of $ for the EC2 I might
understand looking at alternatives. But at the prices Tracy charges, his stuff
is one of the screaming deals in aviation.
Mike Wills
RV-4 N144MW
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:12
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Paul Lamar's
Simple Fuel Injection
Could it work? Of course it could, given enough
development.
Nit picks:
I see no
redundancy.
It's still pretty basic and I see no implementation of
ignition timing optimization (important for best economy).
Oh, Wait, I
see no ignition at all, where is it? or are we waiting for the soon to
come 555 ignition system?
Requires modifying or replacing the crank
sensor trigger wheel.
Paul has obviously built one of these things,
why can't he tell us how well it works?
He said it best in the
following excerpt from his web page:
" I can not guarantee this
system will work as well as Klaus's [more complex 555 EFI] system as the
devil is always in the details. " (emphasis mine)
Somebody
build it and try it so we'll know.
Tracy
On Mon, Jan 19,
2009 at 5:07 AM, Michael McMahon <afm528@gmail.com> wrote:
> I
haven't seen any response on this list to the article that Paul Lamar
>
posted a couple days ago (below). I'm very interested in
objective
> discussion of merits and flaws, and there hasn't been much
on the Rotary
> Engines list. Has anyone read it? Any
opinions?
>
> Thanks,
Michael
>
>>>>> Not entirely done as I will be
updating it from time to time depending
> on your
questions.
>>>>> http://www.rotaryeng.net/simple-cheap-555.html
>>>>>
Paul Lamar
>
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