> No doubt a 28 pin $30 PICAXE that has four analog to digital
    converters
     > and
     > four $30 pressure sensors could monitor all these pressures and
     > tailor the fuel feed precisely. The trouble is the computer nerds
    around
     > here
     > are in the minority and people don't appear to want to learn to
     > program... even in simple BASIC and deal with the electronics.
    They would
     > rather deal with simple mechanics. I could be wrong.
     >
     > Here is a poll.
     >
     > PICAXE Yes or no?
     >
     > The results will be kept anonymous. I will tally the responses so
    nobody
     > else will know how you voted.
     >
     > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


    Yes. But then I am a computer nerd. Perhaps NERD.

    We will be trying the PICAXE with the simple low pressure FI this
    summer, as
    soon as we get the hangar up and an engine assembled. The hangar is
    taking
    much longer than expected. SURPRISE?

    Doc Custer
    Retired Software Engineer and sometime Audiologist


Doc,

I want to know about your findings on this system.  By the way, what
kind of hangar are you building?  Wood frame and tin siding/roof? Or the
more expensive kind?

Allen
Houston

I will post my experiences, good and bad with the low pressure FI and the
PICAXE, on the ACRE newsletter.

The hangar is an all steel (airport requirement) Miracle Truss. Miracle
Truss standard is steel with owner purchased wood purlins and gerts (the
thingies that attach to the steel skeleton and hold the steel skins on).
IMHO this is a good system: better insulation potential and much easier to
drive the screws that hold the skin on than the steel purlins and gerts that
I was forced to use. I had to have a "special" because of the airport
requirements. So there were a couple of problems, which appear to be solved
now. I won't know for sure until the whole thing is finished. At present the
skeleton is up and we have skinned the west and south sides. Today we are
going to work on the north skins. Then the bi-fold door, etc.

Off subject, but maybe important to some who may fly through Colorado. The
airport recently took over the fuel delivery system. Their policy is to
provide inexpensive fuel. 100LL is currently priced at $3.59 with a 10 cent
discount if you use a Texaco credit card which brings it down to $3.49. For
those who are based in the area and are EAA members another 10 cent discount
is available after registering with the airport. This brings the price to
EAA members with a Texaco credit card to $3.39! This is less than premium
auto gas! This is in contrast to some mountain airports that charge
$5.00/gallon. The airport is unattended, but the fuel delivery system is
24/7 automated, credit card only. For those wishing to use auto gas, call me
at 719-429-2664 and if I am around I will deliver it - CALL FIRST to make
sure I am available. The airport name is Silver West, C08. It has a 7,000
foot paved runway, unlighted. Elevation is 8,000 MSL so watch out for
density altitude unless you have a p-ported rotary and thus plenty of power,
even at this altitude! We sometimes get strong crosswinds and there is no
cross wind runway. But you always get the weather, right?  For those who
have no experience flying in the Colorado Rockies, there is a valley you can
use to avoid going over the peaks if you are coming from the east. Go to
Walsenberg and follow Colorado State Highway 69 north. The airport is next
to the highway, about 9 miles south of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe. I live 7
miles away. Beautiful location!

Doc Custer
Retired Software Engineer and sometime Audiologist

Is this it Doc? The runway runs exactly parallel with Hwy 69?
-- 
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

That is it.

Doc Custer
Retired Software Engineer and sometime Audiologist



The Rotary Engine NewsLetter. Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://www.rotaryeng.net
Copyright 1998-2006 All world wide rights reserved.