... Guess I don't understand your question. The circuit shown alternately flashes the landing and taxi lights (or two landing lights) generally installed as...
Robert L. Nuckolls, III
nuckolls@...
Sep 1, 2000 1:26 pm
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John, Better to have good switches and less things to go wrong. Adding redundancy to our little a/c is not always the best approach. Like, why not dual wires...
Bruce Harrington
aerowood@...
Sep 1, 2000 4:28 pm
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Thanks to Jonathan, Johannes and Skyflyte(?) for the help with the acronym "dip" - It's "ovviamente" a very widely used term. Johannes, my construction manual...
william mills
courierboy@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:56 pm
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Thanks Bob - These devices/systems which you investigate and then publish are much appreciated. I printed a copy for my Rev. 9 Very nicely done! All the best -...
william mills
courierboy@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:57 pm
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Bill My experiance with my tach on my 912 is that testing on the ground or in the air does not show it to be incorrect. But when I fly at different ...
James Shumaker
kitfox@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:20 pm
12188
have been in the testing phase for the last two weeks and have found the Rotax Tach to be in error as much as 800 rpm. I used the optical tach to check the...
Tony Gallo
tony@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:05 pm
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In a message dated 9/1/00 9:24:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, aerowood@... ... I agree Bruce. Fat Alberta has 5 sets of mag switches. I could have saved a...
AlbertaIV@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:08 pm
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Driving directions and hotel accomodations info has been posted for the Santa Rosa CA seminar Sept 30/Oct 1. It's not too late to sign up for this program. If...
Robert L. Nuckolls, III
nuckolls@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:08 pm
12191
AH.......got it. ... From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls@...> To: <kitfox@...> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:17 AM Subject:...
TurboFlyerRick
kitfox@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:32 pm
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Yes, Bill, we are indeed talking of two different things. Your tach is a proprietary setup designed by Rotax for the 912 engine with the instrument itself...
Johannes Czernin
kitfox@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:43 pm
12193
Larry, one turn of the rod end does not seem to make any difference. I had to do 3 turns before I saw an improvement in my slightly heavy left wing. Herbert...
kitfox@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:57 pm
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Thank you Bob, most kind of you to take the time. Much appreciated. ... From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls@...> To: <Recipient list...
John Anderson
jlrmanderson@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:29 pm
12195
remove kitfox...
John Johnson
kitfox@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:42 am
12196
Thanks Jim - It's good to be aware of the relationship you found between temp/rpm BEFORE I start flying. Now, is there a way to keep temps from influencing our...
william mills
courierboy@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:55 am
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Hi Johannes - Thanks for all this info on VDO - hadn't heard anything about them before this. I'll use this system and have the inductive system to fall back...
william mills
courierboy@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:16 am
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... Switch failure is rare . . . and EVERY airplane should have a means for shutting off all fuel flow to the engine as a backup . . . in all of the rentals I...
Robert L. Nuckolls, III
nuckolls@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:30 pm
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On September 2, 2000 @ 1000 EST., Fat Alberta and I, SOLO'd. I arrived at the Newport News / Williamsburg Intl. Airport about 0900 and took Alberta out of the...
AlbertaIV@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:45 pm
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Don, Way to go! It sounds like you had a great solo. I love your description of the "Tappscott Shuffle". The name is appropriate too. When I was instructing in...
Don Pearsall
donpearsall@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:31 pm
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In a message dated 9/2/00 10:28:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Thanks Don, Yes, He had me doing left and right mains also. I believe the "Tappscott...
AlbertaIV@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:49 pm
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great story thanks for sharing.....bruce in las vegas...
b2banks
b2banks@...
Sep 2, 2000 6:10 pm
12203
At the request of several readers, I sat down at the bench last week and doped out a good way to use the popular Galls emergency vehicle flasher as a wig_wag...
Robert L. Nuckolls, III
nuckolls@...
Sep 2, 2000 10:05 pm
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Bob Nice as usual. Now how about adding circuitry to increase the lamp life by running the power "off" lamp at 1/2V (approx) to lessen the affects of ...
Paul Messinger
paulm@...
Sep 3, 2000 12:59 am
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The good news is the freight company delivered my engine a day early. The bad news is it was a day before I was scheduled to be off work, but fortunately,...
Milt & Karen Clary
mrclary@...
Sep 3, 2000 2:12 am
12206
Milt, Sorry to hear about your engine being dropped. Good help is getting harder to find. Hope Franklin kicks some butts in the freight company, and gets your...
Bruce Harrington
aerowood@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:01 am
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Hi Don, Just got back from a road trip up the Interstate to look at a Piper Pacer with a friend (not for me!). Super congratulations on the solo flight!...
Bruce Harrington
aerowood@...
Sep 3, 2000 4:01 am
12208
Congratulations Don!!! Jim Shumaker...
James Shumaker
kitfox@...
Sep 3, 2000 5:28 am
12209
Bill It sounds like you have a different tach than the Rotax/Aviasport that I have trouble with. Jim Shumaker...
James Shumaker
kitfox@...
Sep 3, 2000 5:29 am
12210
I need to install some sort of air vents and have just about settled on the "Vista-vents" sold on pg 180 of the Spruce catalog, p/n 13-03500. They require a...
Darrel Morisse
kitfox@...
Sep 3, 2000 2:34 pm
12211
... No experience with the Vista Vents but I can testify that the 2" Snapvents work as advertised. When rotated into the wind they deliver lots of air and...
W. J. Liles
wliles@...
Sep 3, 2000 2:53 pm
12212
Hi Milt & Karen I, d have them replace it with a new engine. They dropped it and they can replace it. It might be faster to have them get you another engine...