europa-list
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Europa-List: Re: One for the books.

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: One for the books.
From: William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:15:57
Roland

My 912 turbo doesnt have fuel injection it uses the same basic
configuration as 914.

However to answer you point mine retains the mechanical pump and it will
produce about 27" at 8500 feet with only the mechanical pump.  So it is not
electrically dependent.

Will

William Daniell
LONGPORT
+57 310 295 0744

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 4:40 AM, Roland <schmidtroland@web.de> wrote:

>
> Very interesting alternatives for the stock Rotax 914 which I have.
> However - aren't the FI retro fittings not even more dependent on
> electricity? I've given that some thoughts also with my 914 setup (two
> electrical fuel pumps) and my understanding is, that in case of an
> alternator failure the fuel pumps are running until the battery is sucked
> empty. In case of a Lithium battery (optimized for high loads during start
> up) there isn't too much time until the engine quits I guess.
>
> I have gotten the info from Silent Hektik, that they MIGHT come up with
> some sort of backup of the size of a matchbox for the next AERO (they also
> supplied a fuel injection for the Rotax 912 some time ago
> https://www.silent-hektik.de/UL_912_1.htm )
>
> Cheers
> Roland
> PH-ZTI
> XS TG 914
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=476834#476834
>
>


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>