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Ignition trouble shooting on 582

 
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Renaud



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:39 pm    Post subject: Ignition trouble shooting on 582 Reply with quote

Hi,
I have been trying to solve a problem of ignition on my 582 (on Kitfox IV), but I am not fully satisfied so far. Maybe one of you already had the same type of problem and could help me?

Here is my story: I detected a failure of ignition on one of the circuits during descent (only), when the engine cools down. In these conditions, with only this circuit on (let's call it circuit 1) , sometimes engine does nor run smoothly, and sometimes even stop. With the other circuit on only (circuit 2) everything is fine.
I inverted the two external coils (the black electronic blocs) to identify the source of the problem. Same result, circuit 1 still fails, which means the problem is in the stator or the position sensor.
I then inverted the connections of the two sensors, to identify if the problem is in the stator or in the sensors. Guess what, now everything is running perfect on circuit 1 and on circuit 2! Ambient temperature was a little warmed for this last test, but apart from that nothing else was changed.

I was suspecting a bad position adjustment of one of the sensor (gap between the sensor and the rotor), but now I am not really sure. Now everything runs fine, but I don't know why!
Of course, to have access to inspect the stator and sensors, I would need to remove completely the engine from my Kitfox...

Has any of you already had this type of funny story?

Thanks in advance and happy flying in 2008!

Renaud


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:10 am    Post subject: Ignition trouble shooting on 582 Reply with quote

Thanks to all! I not only have the schematic in a format I can read but am also downloading what appears to be a free program to read CAD files.




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