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the fadec only can reduce the throttle, it never will give more power than the one set by
the pilot trough the throttle command.
Second screen show the maximum airspeed reached on last flight in mph and km/h. This
maximum is set to zero on next engine start.
Setting the throttle to higher than 50% (with engine off) the second line will change to
"Current airspeed" to allow you to test the operation of the airspeed sensor.
Besides the maximum airspeed, the fadec record the current airspeed each 0,5s during
the last 51 minutes and store it in its internal memory, along with the RPM, EGT, Throttle
position and pump power. It is possible to download later these measures to a PC and see
the airspeed of the plane during all flight phases.
Test menus
The Fadec provides several menus to test the
starter motor, glow plug, pump and solenoid
valves.
These test screens are only available when the
Fadec is on "Trim Low" status, that is to say,
recently powered up and receiving a STOP signal
from the TX.
Pressing the (-) button (under the "ON" reading
on the screen) will energize the selected device
and pressing (+) will shut down.
Special care should be taken when testing the
pump, as it is possible that some fuel be pumped
in to the engine, flooding it, and causing a hot
start on next startup
RUN menus:
On these submenus the parameters used for the
engine during normal run can be modified.
Note that some of these menus could not be
available in your unit if your fadec belong to a production engine where the engine
manufacturer have set these values at factory and restricted to the users to modify
them.
Full power speed: On this screen you can set the
RPM that the engine will run at 100% throttle. If
the engine manufacturer has set an upper limit, you
will be able to reduce the maximum speed, but not
to increase it beyond the limit.
Idle speed: Set the RPM that the engine will run
when the FADEC receive IDLE command. While the
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