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Alan Carter

Joined: 02 Jul 2012
Posts: 378
Location: Kent, England.

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:28 pm Post subject: Rotax Fly Dat

Hello All

I have a Rotax FlyDat on my 914,

I notice it has a small battery located on the back side.

Master switch on, Flydat cycles, shows temp,and hours,

turn the key ,Starting the engine and display recycles nothing showing till after its completed its cycle, then come in with all the temps and pressures.

But during the vital starting stage I have nothing showing.????



Alan

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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:21 am Post subject: Rotax Fly Dat

Hi Alan,

If your Flydat is an old unit then this defect you refer to is because it

thinks you have exceeded some limit or other. If this is so you need to have

the unit reset by a Rotax specialist who will have the necessary software to

interpret the parameters stored and advise you of any required special

checks that may need to be carried out.

More recent FlyDats do not do this as having the screen going blank during

and immediately after start is not very clever.

I hope this helps and also hope it does not involve you in too much expense.



Pete



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Alan Carter

Joined: 02 Jul 2012
Posts: 378
Location: Kent, England.

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:30 am Post subject: Rotax Fly Dat

Hi Peter.

Many thanks, I have had the problem since i purchased the plane, and the 

last owner said he had it also, so its been like it for a long time.

I thought it might be something to do with the battery, but have heard a 

slight event can trigger this, sometime as simple as out of limit 

temperature.

I must admit i rarely scan the thing, its down the bottom out of sight, and 

the LCD are not easy to see, for me a red needle on a gauge pointing in the 

correct known position would be better.

But i does work, one day i was climbing out and the red warning light on the 

panel came one, too slow a climb, nose to high, water temp out of limits.

I will have to get the blood thing reset as i would be nice to see it during 

start up, I'm really not a bad pilot, but this is probably the main time i 

would be watching it as

its tucked away down by my knees .



Regards

Alan



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rickofudall

Joined: 19 Sep 2009
Posts: 1392
Location: Udall, KS, USA

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:14 am Post subject: Rotax Fly Dat

Check the power going to the FlyDat during start up. Most likely it is falling below some preset level at which the FlyDat cannot function. Since it has happened from day one, the fault may be in your electrical architecture and not the unit itself. 



Rick Girard



On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Alan Carter <alancarteresq(at)onetel.net (alancarteresq(at)onetel.net)> wrote:

 [quote]--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Alan Carter" <alancarteresq(at)onetel.net (alancarteresq(at)onetel.net)>

  



 Hi Peter.

 Many thanks, I have had the problem since i purchased the plane, and the last owner said he had it also, so its been like it for a long time.

 I thought it might be something to do with the battery, but have heard a slight event can trigger this, sometime as simple as out of limit temperature.

 I must admit i rarely scan the thing, its down the bottom out of sight, and the LCD are not easy to see, for me a red needle on a gauge pointing in the correct known position would be better.

 But i does work, one day i was climbing out and the red warning light on the panel came one, too slow a climb, nose to high, water temp out of limits.

 I will have to get the blood thing reset as i would be nice to see it during start up, I'm really not a bad pilot, but this is probably the main time i would be watching it as

 its tucked away down by my knees .

 

 Regards

 Alan

 

 

 

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rickofudall

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Location: Udall, KS, USA

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:17 am Post subject: Rotax Fly Dat

Dang, I hit send and not return. Anyway, one solution might be to install a small battery, say a 2AH SLA to drive the FlyDat and connect it to the system through a diode so that the starter cannot draw it down, but the system can keep it charged. 



Rick



On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Richard Girard <aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com (aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 [quote]Check the power going to the FlyDat during start up. Most likely it is falling below some preset level at which the FlyDat cannot function. Since it has happened from day one, the fault may be in your electrical architecture and not the unit itself.  



Rick Girard



On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Alan Carter <alancarteresq(at)onetel.net (alancarteresq(at)onetel.net)> wrote:

  [quote]--> RotaxEngines-List message posted by: "Alan Carter" <alancarteresq(at)onetel.net (alancarteresq(at)onetel.net)>

   



 Hi Peter.

 Many thanks, I have had the problem since i purchased the plane, and the last owner said he had it also, so its been like it for a long time.

 I thought it might be something to do with the battery, but have heard a slight event can trigger this, sometime as simple as out of limit temperature.

 I must admit i rarely scan the thing, its down the bottom out of sight, and the LCD are not easy to see, for me a red needle on a gauge pointing in the correct known position would be better.

 But i does work, one day i was climbing out and the red warning light on the panel came one, too slow a climb, nose to high, water temp out of limits.

 I will have to get the blood thing reset as i would be nice to see it during start up, I'm really not a bad pilot, but this is probably the main time i would be watching it as

 its tucked away down by my knees .

 

 Regards

 Alan

 

 

 

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Alan Carter

Joined: 02 Jul 2012
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Location: Kent, England.

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Rotax Fly Dat

Hi Richard.

I think it is as Peter said, but not in these words,

Its part of the Rotax design feature, to show a message Saying Service, then goes blank and recycle and come back online after the engine has started,

A stupid idea, and can only be reset by a Rotax computer,

Which is a nice little earner. What was life like before Flydat, It works, does its job, but a bit of common sense needed.   

In the summer maybe i can fly in somewhere and get it reset, the engine done many hours so reasonable  confident all is well.

But i do plan to have it reset, and see for myself just what triggers it, should it happen to me.



Alan

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Roland

Joined: 30 Nov 2009
Posts: 334
Location: EDLE

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:45 am Post subject: Re: Rotax Fly Dat

Alan,



I have exactly the same problem since the previous engine had an overboost. What you described definately occured since then. I also got the information from Rotax, that the Flydat has to be reset to solve this problem. Rotax Franz (Germany) does that for free (except shipping) as far as I know. 



Regards

Roland



Europa XS Trigear

PH-ZTI

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Alan Carter

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Rotax Fly Dat

Hi Roland.

That,s right, i have to send it to a rotax agent in the UK and i think the reset is free, I am happy the engine is OK, as its been like it for more than two years, so i am not worried, but as i have it , i will get it reset.

the last time i was airborne was the 11 December, New Clamps, will send you photo,s .



Alan

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