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Make sure that you have a good voltage at the engine controller while the
starter is engaged.
I do not know the minimum voltage your controller need.
Tracy would probably know!
Rino
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Slade" <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 - No spark problem
> Congratulations on your first start, John.
Thanks, Paul, but I'm not out of the woods yet. You could still this one.
Last night, after about 6 attempts with spark plug cleaning (compressed
air)
in between I managed to get about 20 seconds of run time. Then my ignition
switch fuse (5amp) blew. I replaced it with a 10amp. It sounds great when
it
runs. Most of the time it just pops (if that) and puts out smoke, barely
keeping up with the starter until the battery gets weak. I've also tried
jump starting with the car which helps get the same results for longer :(
Each time I check the plugs I find that the trailing plugs are very oily.
If
I tap them on my hand I get quite a bit of liquid out. The leading plugs
are
also wet, but not oily.
I've tried lowering the mixture, cold start off or on, selecting computer
A
or B none of which seem to make any difference.
Any other suggestions anyone?
Note that this is a turbo 3rd gen with high compression rotors.
Regards,
John
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