The big worry about using the car ecu is the fact that there are so many lines of code written to protect the engine in case any of the sensors see something they don't like. It can go into limp mode and cut your power down for any reason it seems critical in a road application. The issue with that is it could be on climb out, approach or anything in-between and you have no say so in it. That's why I won't use a factory ecu on anything for flight but that's my opinion and it's worth what you paid for it. The nice thing about aftermarket stand alone ecu's is that they don't require all the sensor inputs that a factory one wants to see. You can eliminate a lot of failure points that way by only using the critical inputs for making it run and produce power for flight.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:04 PM svd via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping to adapt the street harness, plumbing, and ECU from the smart > car. I dont know what complications this raises. > > On Jun 23, 2022, at 9:33 AM, Chris Matheny <[email protected]> wrote: > > You will likely have another $5k in a ecu setup and programming to control > the high voltage solenoid diesel injectors for those. Bosch makes stand > alone ecu's in the $3600-$5000 range. Motec also makes one. The only > "affordable" one I've found is the DID1 ecu for around $1200 but have no > experience with it. Those engines are around 250# also from my research > without coolant and radiator. Good luck, I followed the auction when those > sold but didn't think I could use them. Not sure of your location but the > Opel/GM 1.6 diesel is about the same weight and available in the US for $4k > new from GM. Good luck in whatever you decide. > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 12:09 PM svd via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm very interested in making this engine work for my KR2s: >> >> https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/avo/d/riverside-brand-new-turbo-diesel-81-hp/7489893350.html >> >> >> Scot is asking $5K each and has 34 of them. >> They are almost bare engines (as pictured) and will need wiring and >> plumbing - so not a small project. But its been done before: >> http://flyeco.net >> >> Anyone want to do this together? (divide and conquer)? >> >> Cheers, >> Owen >> >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >> > > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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