Just wondering if anyone has experienced the problem that I did today. I was at an airport preparing to return home, and on the runup had a failure of the Electroair system. When selecting the mag off at 1800 RPM, the engine shut off. The EI wasn?t running. I shut down, cycled power and attempted another runup with the same results. I played around a bit and found that I could start the engine on the EI but it would shut down around 300 RPM. It did kick back once and didn?t start on first compression but would start, so there was some level of operation of the system. At any operating RPM running with the mag on, if I shut off the mag the engine stopped
During the prior flight yesterday, everything was normal, 10- 20 RPM drop on the EI and 125-150 RPM on the MAG. No abnormalities were noted during the 40 minute flight.
I tried to do a little troubleshooting without tools and when checking the connector to the EI controller found the controller hot to the touch. Not warm, but hot to the point that holding it was uncomfortable.
I will be talking to EI tomorrow. Anyone have any insights? It is going to be a pain traveling back and forth with tools and parts to troublehoot and get the bird home.
During the prior flight yesterday, everything was normal, 10- 20 RPM drop on the EI and 125-150 RPM on the MAG. No abnormalities were noted during the 40 minute flight.
I tried to do a little troubleshooting without tools and when checking the connector to the EI controller found the controller hot to the touch. Not warm, but hot to the point that holding it was uncomfortable.
I will be talking to EI tomorrow. Anyone have any insights? It is going to be a pain traveling back and forth with tools and parts to troublehoot and get the bird home.