Where is your kill switch located??????????????????????????????????????

[Des Garvin]

Well here I am again.

[NiqueNaque]

Young Des,Mine is located below and behind my throttle quadrant and slightly under the seat - there are two of them so I can´t inadvertently operate one of them and kill the motor, they are also independently wired to the coil, so if one wire fails the other will hold, I test them both in my pre flights.And, yes, they kill the fuel pump.Cheers,Nick.

[Des Garvin]

Well may be we should have a bit more of a think on this topic as I have heard a few coments around the traps and they have bloody huge holes in the reasoning. Time to take a very close look at the what ifs.Des Garvin

[asra]

G"day Des,Good stuff. I"ve noted your stuff for a while, especially the kill switch for the Fuel injector pumps. My kill switch is right by the throttle. Can activate it with the hand on the throttle, but not so you can accidently knock it to off. I get uncomfortable flying with my hand off the throttle. It"s one of the most important controls.There"s a whole heap of reasons why you might want to kill the motor (including the throttle spring, or cable sticking). The deal breaker for me, is if you throw a blade. The vibration is ferocious, and if you can"t kill the engine quick, the engine and mounts might just depart along with the blade. That"ll stuff up the centre of balance a bit.Cheers

[birdy]

Fred, ol mate, a negitive terminal isolater controled by oil pressure would be better.Coz if your on your lid, and fuel is run"n everywhere, you dont want any sparks. [ poof] :-Only down side i can think of with this is on 4banger rotaxs, coz from my own experiance as well as others, 4bangers will still run upside down with one carb riped off and all prop blades reduced to tooth pix, so youd still have oil pressure, and the isolater wont.

[asra]

Fred, ol mate, a negitive terminal isolater controled by oil pressure would be better.Coz if your on your lid, and fuel is run"n everywhere, you dont want any sparks. [ poof] :-Only down side i can think of with this is on 4banger rotaxs, coz from my own experiance as well as others, 4bangers will still run upside down with one carb riped off and all prop blades reduced to tooth pix, so youd still have oil pressure, and the isolater wont. Agree with you there, Dave. It"s on me list of jobs to do, once I get the pistons back in.

[Des Garvin]

Good post by both of you Fred and Dave will try to get the diagram worked out over this week end as I will be home where I can get help from my puter expert son Greg. So keep watching this space for the next informative episode Des