Ed,
Thanks for the information you found.
I considered constructing the circuit that I use to extend the pulse width in such a way as to reduce the current during that extended pulse time. That would approach peak and hold operation to some extent. I decided not to do this in the interest of making incremental changes instead of several at once. An added resistor for each channel would do this, but the short time that the current would be reduced at the end of the pulse isn’t really what one would want. Each channel is individually adjustable in terms of the added pulse width, though.
In the interest of putting my money where my mouth is (or where socks may soon be) I have used the information Bill provided and have a set of blue and red RX8 injectors on the way. Assuming that they check out and that I can install them without too much trouble on my engine stand, we’ll find out if the tuning works as I hope. The proof is not in the saying but in the doing.
Looking forward to giving a tuning demonstration at the next Rotary Roundup or some unique cuisine.
Steve
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 6:02 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Injectors dead time was : [FlyRotary] Re: more staging and tuning
Thanks, for the additional annotation on the chart, Steve. That does make it clear what is happening during the "perturbation" phase.
Here is a sample of some "dead time" of various fuel injectors I found on the web - the first number is dead time in microseconds. So as can be seen the dead time due to injector latency can vary (in this case from a low of 540 usec (approx 1/2 msec) to a high of 1600 usec or 1.6 msec.
Stock Blue injectors: 728/420CC
STI Pink injectors: 728/ 550CC
PE 650's : 1500/650CC
PE 800's : 1600/850CC
Helix 660: 1180/660cc
UR 785s: 770/785CC
UR 785 D type 540/785CC
Helix 820CC: 1120/820CC
SIDE FEED injectors:
Stock US STI: 1050/500CC
Nismo 720cc : 880/720CC
PE850s : 850/850CC
Here is a link to even more injectors and their dead times
Interestingly in this link also shows the apparent effect of voltage on dead time and the advantage of peak and hold injectors in reducing (but not eliminating dead time)