---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 11/10/03: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:26 AM - WLAS... (Matt Dralle) 2. 06:20 AM - iPOD altitude worries (Fergus Kyle) 3. 08:53 AM - ARC RT-459A Transponder tray needed (David Swartzendruber) 4. 08:58 AM - Change of address (Mark Phillips) 5. 11:11 AM - Aeroflash strobe (Dabusmith@aol.com) 6. 12:35 PM - SafetyCell Cell Phone Adapter (Pat Hatch) 7. 05:17 PM - Remember when we used batteries? (Eric M. Jones) 8. 06:43 PM - CAD Programs (Boddicker) 9. 06:49 PM - Columbia 350 electrical system (Dan O'Brien) 10. 08:22 PM - Re: CAD Programs (Boss) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:26:05 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: AeroElectric-List: WLAS... --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Listers, Below are some of the nice things people have been saying about the Lists in that little message box on the Contribution form! Thank you to everyone that has made a Contribution thus far and for all the great feedback! Please know that I really appreciate the comments and support!! If you haven't yet shown your support for these Lists, won't you take a moment and make your Contribution today? The Matronics Lists are always Commercial-Free, SPAM-Free, Virus-Free, and High-performance and its your direct support through this yearly Fund Raiser that enables all of these valuable services you've come to expect. 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Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551 925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email http://www.matronics.com/ WWW | Featuring Products For Aircraft ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:20:20 AM PST US From: "Fergus Kyle" Subject: AeroElectric-List: iPOD altitude worries --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Fergus Kyle" "There has been a bit about this subject on Apple's iPod discussion boards, and other places on the web: http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?128@165.XeLNaCivl2a.6@.599a1c70 http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@165.XeLNaCivl2a.10@.599be263/0 http://www.rds.com/doug/weblogs/2003/10/31.html http://www.macusers.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1006 http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/archive/topic/1140-1.html http://gallery.ipodlounge.com/source/ipods_world1399.php Looks like you might be OK up to 13,000 ft or so, but there are no guarantees." Cheers, I haven't checked all references for content, but note that some know the airliners and some corporate aircraft are pressurized. As a guide for those not so familiar, you can count on most airliners to be pressurized to about 8psi which in general produces a cabin altitude of about 8500 feet. Those going to trek to Macchu Picchu should note that they are at "mountain altitude" while riding airliners to Peru...... Ferg Europa A064 mono PS: don't forget to pitch in to Matronics for this marvellous service......... ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:53:01 AM PST US From: "David Swartzendruber" Subject: AeroElectric-List: ARC RT-459A Transponder tray needed --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "David Swartzendruber" A friend of mine is building a Thorp T-211 and has picked up an ARC RT-459A transponder cheap, (that means free). Unfortunately, it did not include a tray. If anyone has a tray that would work with this transponder, and would be willing to part with it for a reasonable cost, please contact me. Thanks. David Swartzendruber Wichita dswartzendruber@earthlink.net ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:58:29 AM PST US From: Mark Phillips Chris Brooks , Ed Hasch , Joe McKervey , John Mcmahon , Marty Emrath , Tommy Walker Subject: AeroElectric-List: Change of address --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Mark Phillips Howdy folks- I'm moving from Earthlink to AOL New address is: fiveonepw@aol.com Thanks! Mark Phillips ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:11:28 AM PST US From: Dabusmith@aol.com Subject: AeroElectric-List: Aeroflash strobe --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Dabusmith@aol.com List Is there a way to trouble shoot my Aero flash strobe? I replaced the flash tube and it worked for a day. I swapped flash tubes and they both work on the other side. I will have to open the wing or install access panels to get to the power supply. I just want to make sure there isn't something I should check before opening the wing. Thanks Dave Smith ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 12:35:01 PM PST US From: "Pat Hatch" Subject: AeroElectric-List: SafetyCell Cell Phone Adapter --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Pat Hatch" I would appreciate hearing from anyone using the SafetyCell adapter for talking on a cell phone through your intercom/headset in the airplane. Specifically, would you recommend the standard or the amplified version? Also, they said you can plug the adapter into a tape recorder and record your intercom output in flight. Has anyone tried doing this with a video camcorder to see if this works. When I asked they said they had never heard of anyone actually doing this but thought that it would probably work OK. For anyone interested their web site is www.pilotsupport.com. Pat Hatch RV-4 RV-6 RV-7 QB (Building) Vero Beach, FL ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 05:17:54 PM PST US From: "Eric M. Jones" Subject: AeroElectric-List: Remember when we used batteries? --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Eric M. Jones" Here's the very near term future in fuel cell power. http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2003_03/pr0501.htm Regards, Eric M. Jones www.PerihelionDesign.com 113 Brentwood Drive Southbridge MA 01550-2705 Phone (508) 764-2072 Email: emjones@charter.net "Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines." - R. Buckminster Fuller ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 06:43:41 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: CAD Programs From: Boddicker --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Boddicker Bob, I got this from Sam Hoskins. He was trying to answer a question for me and contacted you Here is your reply. How about this. An ol' junker of a Dos machine with Win3.11 will run Intellicad or AutoCADLTv1.0 and probably a number of other freebe AutoCAD compatible programs. You can probably put together a Dos system complete with software cheaper than you can buy software that will run on the Mac . . . Boeing surplus here in Wichita is selling 133 Mhz CPU's with Win95 on them for $60. These would make an excellent CAD machine for doing your drawings. Check around for used/surplus computer stores or on Ebay . . . you can do this dirt cheap. Bob . . . My question to you is, where can I find the software mentioned above? I have an old lap top running Windows 3.1. All I need is the program to run on it. Thanks Kevin Boddicker Luana, Iowa Tri Q200 N7868B Building ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 06:49:17 PM PST US From: "Dan O'Brien" Subject: AeroElectric-List: Columbia 350 electrical system --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Dan O'Brien" Lancair has put the information manual for its dual-electric Columbia 350 up on its website. I put a copy of the schematic for the electrical system at http://members.cox.net/dansweb/350_schematic.pdf (the complete manual is at http://www.lancair.com/files/downloads/350_INFO.PDF). Natural questions relate to how and why their architecture differs from Bob's Z-14. I notice three main differences: 1) There is a separate avionics bus that offers "secondary protection of delicate avionics equipment when the engine is started); 2) there is an essential bus fed from both the left and right buses; and 3) one of the gps/nav/coms is fed directly from one of the batteries through a switch. Anyone have any comments about the rationale/benefits/costs of this architecture? ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 08:22:13 PM PST US From: "Boss" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: CAD Programs --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Boss" Boeing is getting to someone. I saw a PII 450 with 128 megs and a 10 GB hard disk plus other goodies go on eBay for $35.00. I did pay $!70.00 (including freight) for a Calcomp plotter to output drawings. I had to build aWindows 98 machine to use it TYhat is the latest operating system for which a Calcomp plotter driver is available. a blue line machine cost $50.00 plus the shipping. AutoCAD14... if you pay $25.00 thats too much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boddicker" Subject: AeroElectric-List: CAD Programs > --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Boddicker > > Bob, > I got this from Sam Hoskins. He was trying to answer a question for me and > contacted you > Here is your reply. > > How about this. An ol' junker of a Dos machine with > Win3.11 will run Intellicad or AutoCADLTv1.0 and probably > a number of other freebe AutoCAD compatible programs. > You can probably put together a Dos system complete with > software cheaper than you can buy software that will > run on the Mac . . . Boeing surplus here in Wichita > is selling 133 Mhz CPU's with Win95 on them for $60. > These would make an excellent CAD machine for doing your > drawings. Check around for used/surplus computer stores > or on Ebay . . . you can do this dirt cheap. > > Bob . . . > > My question to you is, where can I find the software mentioned above? > I have an old lap top running Windows 3.1. All I need is the program to run > on it. > Thanks > > Kevin Boddicker > Luana, Iowa > Tri Q200 N7868B > Building > >