Other's have mentioned that Tracy's EFI has a "limp home" mode for

injector failure.  I

presume that this is pilot activated.  How does the pilot determine

that the injector is

failed if s/he doesn't have a fuel flow meter?  Or does the pilot just

try the "limp

home" setting, discover more power, and assume that the injector has

failed?

Russell Kent

Given the number of cars out there I would say it is almost unheard of.

Mike Wills wrote:

  The EC2 manual shows in detail how to accomplish this. Requires the
installation of some switches and some thought process to accomplish during
flight on the part of the pilot. Other than dirty injectors I'm not aware
of any problem with EFI injectors routinely failing. But I'd like to hear
from someone who works on this stuff for a living. How bout some input from
Charlie Kuss?

  I subscribe to Bob Nuckolls theory. Save the troubleshooting for when the
airplane is on the ground. In my opinion the system Tracy describes adds
more potential failure points (the switches) than it cures. I'm installing
my EC2 without it.

Mike Wills

 
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