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Old 01-05-2009 | 07:32 AM
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From: Sautee Nacoochee, GA
Default RE: AMT USA

ORIGINAL: jroth

If you are going to run air start, I would stick with the generation one ECU, that is what I have been using since 1998 without any problems.

John
Except that the Gen 1 (and Gen 2 I think), ECU's do not have the 2 second failsafe delay feature. Therefore, to comply with the AMA requirement ("...ECU's shall be configured to shutdown the engine within 2 seconds of failsafe activtion"), you have to set the failsafe to immediate shutdown.

Which brings up another question; even with the Gen 3 ECU's (which have the 2 second delay), no one has been able to tell me how to make it work in conjunction with failsafe. The "JetCat" method of programing a failsafe throttle position outside the normal 100% range does not work. It seems the only time the 2 second delay functions is with a total loss of rx signal to the ECU which is not the case with a failsafe.

I would sure like to have that 2 second buffer in the event of a momentary failsafe. Am I missing something John? Is there a way to set up the Gen 3 ECU's and tx/rx's to delay shutdown in the event of a failsafe?

Thanks,

Craig