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1. 06:31 AM - Re: Right Side Stick Grip (1) (racerjerry)
2. 07:14 AM - EMC lab look-see on HID lamps (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
3. 07:33 AM - Re: EMC lab look-see on HID lamps (Bill Watson)
4. 09:40 AM - Re: EMC lab look-see on HID lamps (DeWitt Whittington)
5. 07:22 PM - Re: Right Side Stick Grip (1) (Paul A. Fisher)
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| Subject: | Re: Right Side Stick Grip (1) |
Let me apologize before I state my personal opinion as I am an ol' fart stick-in-the-mud.
If you are going to put all of that junk into the control stick, make
sure beforehand that you can control the airplane in a runaway trim condition
- able to overpower and land the aircraft with trim set to full travel in
each mode. Also make sure that the trim motors will not cause structural damage
if left energized.
Dinky miniature switches and flexing / rubbing wires have a nasty habit of doing
the unexpected. The most likely failure mode is simply removal of power leaving
you at your last trim setting, but runaway trim is certainly not unheard
of.
--------
Jerry King
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=434340#434340
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| Subject: | EMC lab look-see on HID lamps |
I got a rare chance to get into the EMC lab yesterday
for some 'government work' . . .
I've had a couple of HID lamps laying around, one type that
I used in my car for a time with mixed results. Got some
nice data plots on the community of gremlins offered
by these automotive after-market products. They were not
as wicked as I might have guessed.
Spending the day in Wichita yesterday poked a big hole
in my to-do list . . . so follow up on this experiment
is a few days out . . . but preliminary perceptions
suggest that the OBAM builder wanting lots of light
on a 3-4 amp power budget would not be doing himself
a disservice by adding HID lamps into the list of
options.
Are there any List members flying HID out there now?
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: EMC lab look-see on HID lamps |
On 11/22/2014 10:13 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
> <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
>
> I got a rare chance to get into the EMC lab yesterday
> for some 'government work' . . .
>
> I've had a couple of HID lamps laying around, one type that
> I used in my car for a time with mixed results. Got some
> nice data plots on the community of gremlins offered
> by these automotive after-market products. They were not
> as wicked as I might have guessed.
>
> Spending the day in Wichita yesterday poked a big hole
> in my to-do list . . . so follow up on this experiment
> is a few days out . . . but preliminary perceptions
> suggest that the OBAM builder wanting lots of light
> on a 3-4 amp power budget would not be doing himself
> a disservice by adding HID lamps into the list of
> options.
>
> Are there any List members flying HID out there now?
>
Yes, I installed kits from Duckworks
<http://www.duckworksav.com/lelightkits.html> in my RV10 wings. I
bought them around 2007 and started using them in 2011. Each unit has a
55watts HID bulb but Duckworks has had upgrades of several kinds
available for some time. I just installed them, liked the results over
previous incandescents in a Maule, and forgot about them. They only
used occasionally. They get bounced around a lot flying out of a rough
field. No problems, good performance.
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| Subject: | Re: EMC lab look-see on HID lamps |
We installed the very first Duckworks HID light kit sold for a
Sportsman. We had to modify the kit and make our own lens since
Duckworks had never sold a kit for a Sportsman so we were told. We
installed the largest bulbs available, I think 75w. We've turned them on
several times, but since we are still not flying don't know how they
will work for takeoff and landing. They are really, really bright.
However, since we have a super-loaded 3-screen panel with all sorts of
other electrical goodies for our electrically dependent Subaru engine,
we are thinking we should have waited much longer to install landing
light and chosen LED so the current draw woud be much lower.
One of my partners is worried that the Duckworks HIDs will give super
light for take-off and landing, but maybe not for taxiing. We'll see.
DeWitt Whittington
dee.whittington@gmail.com
(804) 358-4333
804-677-4849 C
Richmond, VA USA
On Nov 22, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Bill Watson <Mauledriver@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/2014 10:13 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
<nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
>>
>> I got a rare chance to get into the EMC lab yesterday
>> for some 'government work' . . .
>>
>> I've had a couple of HID lamps laying around, one type that
>> I used in my car for a time with mixed results. Got some
>> nice data plots on the community of gremlins offered
>> by these automotive after-market products. They were not
>> as wicked as I might have guessed.
>>
>> Spending the day in Wichita yesterday poked a big hole
>> in my to-do list . . . so follow up on this experiment
>> is a few days out . . . but preliminary perceptions
>> suggest that the OBAM builder wanting lots of light
>> on a 3-4 amp power budget would not be doing himself
>> a disservice by adding HID lamps into the list of
>> options.
>>
>> Are there any List members flying HID out there now?
>>
> Yes, I installed kits from Duckworks in my RV10 wings. I bought them
around 2007 and started using them in 2011. Each unit has a 55watts HID
bulb but Duckworks has had upgrades of several kinds available for some
time. I just installed them, liked the results over previous
incandescents in a Maule, and forgot about them. They only used
occasionally. They get bounced around a lot flying out of a rough
field. No problems, good performance.
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Right Side Stick Grip (1) |
Agreed. I have used these for over 5 years (~460 hours) in my RV-7A and
I am very happy with them. On the right side, I only have the trigger
for the copilot push to talk (CS2), so they can't get into too much trouble.
Enjoy.
Paul A. Fisher
RV-7A N18PF
On 11/21/2014 5:08 PM, Peter Pengilly wrote:
> Have a look at Tosten grips, made by CH products who make computer
> gamers products so very robust.
>
> This may meet your spec,
> http://tostenmanufacturing.com/product/cs-6-aircraft-grip/
>
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