Hi, Paul!
Sounds like you're about to have some fun!
I'm highly interested in the fuel injection idea. If I could ditch the carbs on
the 912S when we get ours ready to fly, that would be superb.
To start with, I'd look to the motorcycle world for ideas. The Rotax is more
similar
to a motorcycle engine than a car engine, and many new bikes are fuel injected
these days.
Are you looking to go port injected or throttle body?
It seems there should be available an aftermarket fuel injection setup somewhere
that could be modified to work on the Rotax. Then you'd have a nice O2 sensor
in the exhaust to automatically set mixtures.
Chris
From: Paul McAllister <paul.mcallister@qia.net>
Date: Wed Feb 08 21:18:32 CST 2006
Subject: Europa-List: Fixed pitch propeller, lend or sell
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone in the US would have a fixed pitch propeller that
they would sell, or lend.... preferable sell.
I have sent my Airmaster back to NZ to have some work done and the typical
door to door turn around time is 6 weeks. That's a long time to be without a
"Europa drug fix"
Just as an aside, I am in the middle of negotiating for the purchase of a
second hand 912. I intend to set this up on an engine stand and experiment
with fuel injection. Assuming that I can make it work and I can convince
myself that it will be reliable I will fit it up to my 914. Other than
attaching a propeller to it I don't know how else I will be able to place a
load on the engine. Anyhow, if the project ever gets off the ground I'll
let the forum know.
Cheers, Paul
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