REFLECTOR: IVO prop Motor Current

[Brian Michalk]

Yes, I measured mine.  I have it logged in my builders manual, but if I 
recall correctly, it peaked at about 13 amps.  I am using 16 gauge wire, 
which is a bit small for this current load, so if you are using a larger 
gauge wire, yours could be stalling at higher amps.

It was such that at about ten amps, it was pretty much at the end 
point.  I have intended to instrument this to an indicator much like you 
are talking about.

On 2/20/2014 4:39 PM, Hiroo Umeno wrote:
> For IVO prop owners out there...
> Do any of you have data on the current draw by the prop pitch adjust 
> motor?  The way it is set up, when the prop is at either end of 
> travel, the motor bottoms out and pops the CB.  I would like to 
> incorporate a little more intelligent control into my version 3 
> electrical annunciator and distributor panel such that it will sense 
> the rising current draw to determine the end of travel before the CB 
> pops.  Additionally, I can use the input from p-lead to determine 
> engine RPM and run the prop more like a CS prop.  The processor for 
> the annunciator panel has a plenty of processing power to handle extra 
> bits like this.
> Hiroo
>
>
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