Instrument
and
FADEC Readings

Original 30mm double bearing factoy secondary bearing temps and engine oil temps

We had a listing of readings but somewhere along the way we lost it,
so were starting over again.

If anyone else out there is recording these readings
we'd like you to share them with us so we can see if our ship is falling within the same perimeters as the rest of the RotorWay fleet out there.

Date:	3/12/05	3/13/05	3/13/05	3/20/05
Engine Hours:	100.7	100.7	101.8	102.8
Actual engine hour time on EH meter	0	0	1.1	1.0
Flight Hours:	77.7	77.7	78.5	79.2
Actual Flight Time on FH Meter	0	0	.8	.7
Ship Status During Instrument Readings	Instrument and FADEC switch ON, engine not running	Engine and all systems running	At idle prior to shut down after hovering	Hovering
Instruments	Readings	Readings	Readings	Readings
Outside Temperature (Celcius)	-	16C / 61F	18C / 64F	12C / 54F
Barometric Pressure	-	-	-	-
Wind Direction	-	280	260	-
Wind Speed	-	7	11	-
Rotor RPM %	-	100%	-	-
Engine RPM on Rotor Tack %	-	100%	-	-
Engine RPM on Floor Pod	0	4,260	-	4,250
Fuel Pressure - Pump 1	55 psi	55 psi	55 psi	55 psi
Fuel Pressure - Pump 2	55 psi	55 psi	55 psi	55 psi
Battery Volts	12.4	13.8	13.5	13.8
Secondary Bearing Temperature	39F	125F	125	120
Manifold Pressure	28.9	23.5	-	23.5
Water Temperature	0	170F	165F	165F
Oil Pressure	0	50 psi	42 psi	48 psi
Oil Temperature	0	205F	179F	205F
Fuel Level	-	full	-	-
Air Speed	9 mph	9 mph	9 mph	9 mph
Altitude	0	0	0	0
VSI	0 to eye level	0 to eye level	0 to eye level	0 to eye level
Ship Status During FADEC Readings	Instrument and FADEC 1 switch ON, Engine not running	Idle after startup	Idle after hovering	Idle after Hovering
FADEC	Readings	Readings	Readings	Readings
Engine RPM	0	-	1760	-
Manifold Pressure	98.9	35.2	35.9	35.4
Throttle Position	0	0	0	0
Water Temperature	20.5 / 69F	71.6C / 161F	70.9C / 159.5F	70.4C / 159F
Air Temperature	21.6C / 71F	14.4C / 58F	28C / 82.5	21.5C / 70.5
Battery Voltage	12.4	12.8	13.0	13.4
SEC     Tps     Air Temp     Baro	0	0	0	0
Eman Pressure	98.7	44.1	99.1	100.4
Baro Pressure	98.7	99.1	99.1	100.4
Pulse Width	6.8	1.8	1.7	1.8
Duty Cycle	0	5.4	5.2	5.4
Spark Advance	14	38	38	38
Fuel Used	0	0	6.2	6.2
Max RPM	0	1,776	4,381	4,444
Error Codes	-	-	-	-
Actual Fuel  used from fuel cart reading	0	0	6.7	7.0
Difference in fuel consumption between FADEC readout and Reality	0	0	.5	.8

instrument_readings_blank_data_chart.xls

Our Airspeed indicator seems to change it's readings often.
Right out of the box it came in it read 4 mph. Now days 11/28/05 sitting in the trailer it reads 9 mph.  Tom Smith at Rotorway told us it was ok when it left the factory so were stuck with it until we find a way to adjust it or worst case scenario replace it with a better unit.  Finding one that reads from 0 to 120 knots as opposed to mph has proven to be just about impossible. With it reading incorrectly we have to compensate for it by adding on average an extra 10mph for our climb out speed when we're taking off.  One thing I vividly remember back when Donna and I had that shaft break at Homer's that summer is holding the ship at 65mph during our autorotation.  At the time it didn't occur to me to add an extra 10 mph to our speed and I often wonder if I had done that if we would have had enough inertia left at the bottom to aviod chopping that hole in our tailboom.

Our Altimeter reads about 50 to 75 feet low.

We played with the ajusting screw but it has no affect so like our airspeed indicator were stuck with that to until we find a suitable replacement not to mention come up with the bucks.

Our VSI indicator reading is off on purpose due of the extreme angle we see it from.
To compensate for it we set it a bit higher so it reads at 0 to us".

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