Ray, How exactly you think this disagrees with what I said?
I have good reasons to distrust electronics in an engine, unless it is of the solid state, KISS kind. I recently owned a fancy 2.5 liter turbo diesel pickup (Nissan Navarra), and for two years, I kept having sudden stops of the engine. You're on the motorway, cruising, everything is normal, and the next second, the engine quits, with no apparent reason. Don't have to tell you how that would feel in the sky. Not to mention the problem of locating a Nissan dealer ewquipped with the diagnostic computer at the nearest airfield... Incidentally, Nissan never found the fault. They ended up changing al the wires and all the electronic boxes. In my aircraft, I want the Diesel for its reliability and fuel economy. State-of-the-art Diesels are going to give me considerably more fuel economy, but to the expense of less reliability and more difficult maintenance. So, no chips for me, thanks. A good old injection pump will do. Our French homebuilt Diesel expert went the same route. His first aircraft used a 1.4 liter Opel Corsa Turbo Diesel Intercooler. In his next designs, he uses the cheaper and less sophisticated ordinary Diesels. Thinks it was not worth the effort. Serge Vidal [email protected] Envoyé par : [email protected] 26/10/2006 02:41 Veuillez répondre à KRnet Remis le : 26/10/2006 02:41 Pour : [email protected] cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) Objet : Re: Réf. : KR> Re: KRnet Digest, Vol 348, Issue 477 Serge, Hate to disagree with you I have a diesel pickup and it has direct injection (injects directly into ports) and it is electronically controlled with a chip you change the chip you change the injector timing. Ray Lee KR2 9763 _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html " Ce courriel et les documents qui y sont attaches peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles. Si vous n'etes pas le destinataire escompte, merci d'en informer l'expediteur immediatement et de detruire ce courriel ainsi que tous les documents attaches de votre systeme informatique. Toute divulgation, distribution ou copie du present courriel et des documents attaches sans autorisation prealable de son emetteur est interdite." " This e-mail and any attached documents may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and all attached documents from your computer system. Any unauthorised disclosure, distribution or copying hereof is prohibited."
