My EIS 2000 watches EGT, CHT, MP, Oil Temp/Pressure, etc.
EGT is always good on mine, so I am not worried about the RPM.. UNTIL I saw
last night that the EIS 2000 says "If you have a Rotax CDI then set the RPM
input to a 6", "If you
have a Rotax 912 then set the RPM input to a 1" .. mine is at a 1. I am
calling Grand Rapids today
to find out what it really should be.
Also found out last night that I have the older TCU, so I cannot use the new
software. I have to rent
a dongle and software for 50 dollars per day. I need it to adjust the
throttle pot. Right now 115% is almost
1/2 way full throttle open. Makes it feel weird at take off.
Thanks!
Matt Carpenter
A138
Amarillo, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Tony
Krzyzewski
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Rotax 914 Question and other information
>> A person I know (who shall remain nameless) who has a 912S discovered
that their Rotax tacho was under-reading by 600RPM! Says something about
the durability of Rotax engines!!!
I'd second that recommendation to check the Rotax tacho. We had one
owner here who, as it turned out, had been overrevving his 914 by 1200+
RPM for eighteen months due to a miscalibrated tacho. If he had EGT
gauges he would have realised earlier that his engine was being fried
but the plane had been build with the minimum of engine instrumentation.
When we stripped the engine down it was a far from pretty sight inside
with valve burn, annealed pistons and an extremely soft cylinder head.
With a few 1000 dollars thrown into replacement parts the engine
performed like new when I test flew it and it's been behaving well ever
since.
Tony
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