---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 10/12/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:52 AM - Re: Ground Power Lite (jonlaury) 2. 10:22 AM - Re: Ground Power Lite (Pete Hunt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:52:53 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Ground Power Lite From: "jonlaury" 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=315436#315436 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:22:28 AM PST US From: "Pete Hunt" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.