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1. 09:52 AM - Re: Ground Power Lite (jonlaury)
2. 10:22 AM - Re: Ground Power Lite (Pete Hunt)
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| Subject: | Re: Ground Power Lite |
This setup is probably much more appropriate for my purposes, but I thought the
aircraft-practices gods would smite me for suggesting such heresy. And then there
was the gospel of St. Nuckolls, preaching Ground Power Jacks in Z-31(2?).
So I nuckolled under and installed the Piper version and am now capable of sucking
the lights out of a nuclear power plant without breaking a sweat.
And I'm glad of it.
I like knowing that I can cart-start my engine without pulling the top cowling
and having a line boy dragging heavy cables over my paint job and then having
to disconnect them near a spinning prop, even though I don't expect to have to
do it often. And I bet system installed weight differs by about a pound. A small
price to pay for start capability. As you pointed out at one time, the mission
of most of our airplanes is to have fun boring holes in the sky and occasionally
going somewhere. An extra pound or two of convenience doesn't materially
affect accomplishing that misson and can greatly enhance it in certain circumstances.
Like when my battery is drained by my stupidity and an FBO or mechanic
can plug in a standard connector and get me on my way. And when that happens
I can already feel the satisfaction of having installed the start-capable GPJ.
Maybe I'll have to "forget" to turn off the master a few times to get over flying
around with an extra pound of GPJ hardware. :D
John
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| Subject: | Re: Ground Power Lite |
Bob, your message embedded attachments all showed up as "Emacs!" on my
computer. Thought that problem got solved a while back.
Pete H.
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