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1. 05:57 AM - Re: Re: Weight of RG-142 (Chuck Jensen)
2. 10:40 AM - Re: Re: Making FM Antenna (Brian Lloyd)
3. 09:03 PM - Re: Alarm System (Charlie England)
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| Subject: | Re: Weight of RG-142 |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Chuck Jensen <cjensen@dts9000.com>
Christley wrote:
So, how much do you spend to save $30 ($3x10years)?
Well, the money you can afford spend today to save $30 in the future is
markedly less than one might expect. For people that look at money in an
analytical manner (which exempts most aircraft owners), they need to know
what the Present Value (PV) of savings is 10 years out.
In other words, you probably can't afford to spend $1 today to save $3 ten
years from now. Given the already remarked risk that you may sell the
plane, have someone else take ownership of it after midnight, land 2500'
long on a 3000' runway, have a twister vertically stack all the planes on
the ramp (and so on) before you have the opportunity realize the full
savings, I would think one should be skeptical about spending more than $5,
$10 at the very most, to save $30 over 10 years. Certainly, any $3 per year
saving at the 20 year mark can just be rounded off and dropped from the
savings equation--no value.
Mind you, this is only for the analytical types. Aircraft owners are
allowed to spend up to $40 to realize a $30 savings. If we spend an extra
$100 for feather-coax, to save 1.031 pound, you can be assured that during
the subsequent test flight, you will be able to sense and remark "you know,
it did seem to accelerate and get off a little faster than it used to...and
cruise also seemed to be a little faster."
Ultimately, if we are keenly interested in weight reduction, most of us are
setting on 10-15 pounds of wasted payload that we should get rid of.
Chuck
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| Subject: | Re: Making FM Antenna |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd <brianl@lloyd.com>
Chris Krieg wrote:
> --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Chris Krieg <rv6a@mac.com>
>
> What is a rubber ducky antenna?
A short, flexible, rubber-covered antenna often used on handheld radios.
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http://www.lloyd.com St. Thomas, VI 00802
+1.340.998.9447 (voice) +1.360.838.9669 (fax)
There is a time to laud one's country and a time to protest.
A good citizen is prepared to do either as the need arises.
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| Subject: | Re: Alarm System |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
jerb wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: jerb <ulflyer@verizon.net>
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>Actually the NorthStar system is actually pretty neat and handy. You raise
>the question, do you have a reason to fear the possibility of being tracked?
>jerb
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>
Assuming you live in the USA, I invite you to read the papers & watch
the news.
Here's just one reason to fear your government:
John Ashcroft, Your Attorney General, has said in speeches that anyone
who disagrees with the administration is a traitor. The Patriot Act says
that any citizen who's a traitor should have should lose all his rights
as a citizen & be treated as a non-US citizen. Paid any attention to how
non US citizens that the current administration dislikes (or completely
innocent people that the administration thinks it can coerce into spying
for them) get treated these days?
We live in the greatest country in the world. If we don't speak out
against this sort of thing, we will soon live in the moral & social
equivalent of the country we just claim to have 'liberated'.
Charlie
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