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Old 11-11-2011 | 03:13 AM
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OzJetBoy
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I hope someone can give me some advice on setting up a JJ-1400 with a genuine Xicoy V.10 FADEC

Recently I purchased a JJ1400 kit from Jet Joe and following his instructions and the information found on this forum assembled the engine

I decided for the electronics to purchase from Gaspar his Xicoy FADEC V.10, Gas and Fuel Solenoids, RPM Sensor and Thermocouple and a Flightworks 200C pump.

I have setup the FADEC with the default settings as Gaspars document suggests and have been able to run the engine first time without any real troubles (except for adjusting the gas flow) - so I am quite happy with that.

The problems that I'm having are:
1. On the cool-down cycle, the FADEC generates a Starter Overload error and this stops spinning the rotor. (Also is it normal what once an error has been generated that the FADEC will not respond unless it is reset - for initiating manual cool-down)
2. On Start-up, getting the gas flow right - Too Much and it wont light, too little it lights and goes out when the engine in spooled up. Ive found that if I open the valve gradually after it lights the engine will continue with the start sequence
3. Time it takes to bring the engine to idle rpm and stabilise it seems to take forever. Do I need to adjust the Pump Start Ramp value?

The FADEC settings are:
Full Power: 160,000 rpm (however I have set the limit to 100,000 rpm during initial setup and familiarisation with the engine)
Idle: 45,000 rpm
Stop: 20,000 rpm
Start Temperature: 100C
Max Temperature : 800C
Acceleration Delay: 015
Deceleration Delay: 015
Stability: 100
Pump Limit: 1020
Pump Start : Auto + 2
Pump Start Ramp: 006
Glow Plug: 1.5V
Start Gas Adjustment: 100%
Low Battery: 6.0V
Starter Power @ Ignition: 070
Ignition Max Rpm: 4.000
Ignition Min Rpm: 2.000
Preheat: 2.0 Seconds
Rpm Gas Off: 13.000
Starter Power @ Fuel Ramp: 070
Rpm 100% Starter Power: 30,000 rpm
Rpm Off Starter: 25,000 rpm
Rpm to Reconnect: 22,000 rpm
Start Mode: Auto-Gas

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

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Leighton

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