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				|  Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:53 pm    Post subject: OPTIMIZED TIMIMG SETTING |   |  
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				| Yakkers
Anyone want to take a stab at why 16.5  Deg advance was chosen by the Russian engineers as the optimum timing advance to  use through the RPM range of the M-14? I'm specifically interested as to  what RPM setting this timing advance was chosen to optimize........... ie was it  chosen for best power at takeoff or optimized for cruise?
 
 Any thoughts are  welcome.
 
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 Frank
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: OPTIMIZED TIMIMG SETTING |   |  
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				| Frank;
 Where did you find the figure of 16.5 degs advance?
 I do not have the M14P manual in front of me but as I recall the setting  for the M9F (fixed spark) magneto is 23 +/- 1 deg BTDC. That by the way refers  to the crankshaft angle NOT the propellor shaft angle. IMHO that is the only  correct way to refer to engine timing angles. It is true that this angle cannot  be directly measured in a geared engine but to refer to it in any other way  only leads to confusion.
 To set the spark advance angle you must use the corresponding angle of the  prop shaft which, for the M14P, is marked on the propellor mounting flange. That  angle is the firing angle X the gear ratio.
 In this case it is approx.14.5 to 15.8 degs ( or 15.15 +/- 0.65 degs) at  the prop. flange. Still not 16.5.
 
 Walt
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				|  Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:48 pm    Post subject: OPTIMIZED TIMIMG SETTING |   |  
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				| Walt
Interesting...... I thought 16.5 was the  static setting on an M-14 without regard to the gear reduction (I'm not near my  manuals so going by memory). Now that I think about it, I'm not sure what the  factory static setting is supposed to be set to. Can anyone straighten me out?  What I'm looking for is crankshaft degrees.....I don't want to have to  factor out the gear reduction unit. I thought 16.5 was the crankshaft static  setting.........Dennis, you bugger, I know you know this...
   
 Most naturally aspirated engines take  something on the order of 20-25 degrees crankshaft advance but supercharged  engines like the M-14 have to be retarded to (what I thought) is 16.5 deg  BTDC because the supercharged mixture burns faster. That's what made me  wonder what the factory static setting was optimized for on the  M-14.
 
 I'm wondering why the factory chose the  static setting it did, what that static setting is and what flight regime it's  optimized for.
 
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 Frank
 
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