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  • Re: no maximum power 912 ul

    by » 13 years ago


    Thanks Bill and Roger for your thoughts.

    But one of the first things we did was to check the rpm meter. And it was ok. We had a misreading of about 30 rpm.
    We do not use a softstarter which means that that is not the problem.
    And the problem occured during the last flight. Uptill now we did not fly the plane till we have solved the problem. We are a bit afraid to fly it :S

    We keep on checking al the systems till we find the solution.

    Thanks for your cooperations

    Freerk

  • Re: no maximum power 912 ul

    by » 13 years ago


    Freerk,

    I am totally mystified. Please let us know when you find the problem.

    Bill.

  • Re: no maximum power 912 ul

    by » 13 years ago


    Freerk,

    One more quick thought. Have you checked the compression? Possibly a sticking or burned valve?

    Bill.

  • Re: no maximum power 912 ul

    by » 13 years ago


    Freerk

    Being none of the more obvious things have worked, may I suggest a few more radical checks as follows:

    1) Remove your crankcase magnetic plug and check it for excess metal, possibly your cam shaft and/or lifters are on their way out?

    2) Remove all tappet covers and top spark plugs, with ignition grounded rotate engine and check each cylinder for complete valve movement. Cross check distance of movement of each rocker shaft with the other to identify any that may be short of full valve movement. A bad cam and/or lifter or bent pushrods could be your problem?

    3) Check "very carefully" the fuel inlet chamber on both carbs just above the needle & seat. I had on one occasion a small paint flake randomly limit the fuel flow of one carb as it swirled around in the small chamber just above where the brass seat for the float needle is pressed into the carb body housing. It took forever to find this problem even after taking the carbs apart many times and cleaning them. Each time the paint flake would stick to the wall of the chamber eluding us from seeing it! You need to look very closely into this small fuel inlet chamber to spot any such foreign debris like this! We finally figured it out by making a special set of carb float bowels modified with built in windows so we could watch the float bowel fuel level under different load conditions during ground runs. Because it would only randomly block the fuel flow, we had to run it forever before it finally acted up on the ground runs allowing us to spot the troubled carb!

    4) With top plugs removed and ignition grounded, rotate engine over by hand checking for tight spots. If you identify a tight spot, you may have a twisted crank. Of course this check can be done the same time you do the Rocker Arm and Valve movement check(#2 above)

    Good luck and don't give up, the problem will eventually be discovered and is often more then one thing adding to the difficulty in narrowing down the problem!

  • Re: no maximum power 912 ul

    by » 13 years ago


    Thanks Bill and Ralph

    We have checked the compression pressure and this was in the range of 9,5 to 9.8 bar. Which is as far as i know OK.

    Ralph we will check you suggestions this weekend, and see what the result is. Those special carb chambers are quit special to me. Have you made them yourself? Because i have never seen the ones you discribed.

    With many thanks

    Freerk

    Thank you said by: Russell Hildebrand

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