---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 09/24/16: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:01 AM - Current Status of third class medical reform (rampil) 2. 10:34 AM - Re: Current Status of third class medical reform (Roger) 3. 11:04 AM - Re: Current Status of third class medical reform (rampil) 4. 12:49 PM - Re: Problems Soldering DB-25 Connectors (Art Zemon) 5. 03:47 PM - Re: Problems Soldering DB-25 Connectors (Art Zemon) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:01:01 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Current Status of third class medical reform From: "rampil" Hi All, I'm switching hats here for a moment to my other pastime as a Senior AME to bring you a brief update on the POBR2 reforms. I enclose an article by Jim Frasier, the Federal Air Surgeon. I had several personal chats with Dr. Frasier at the CAMA meeting last week and this article tracks closely what he told me. I will only add that the expectation is that the NPR and public comment process will probably exceed the one year mandate (and Inhofe knew this going in), but the new FAA regs once published in the Federal Register will supersede the "no enforcement" clause. There is a lot in the air so to speak, that will not be settled until the major insurance carriers and underwriters publish for guidance both for aircraft hull insurance and for medical malpractice. I know the EAA says everything will work out, but as the law is currently written with the exact wording of the physician attestation at the end of the checklist, none of the docs I know will be covered by insurance for signing it and fully expect to be a litigation target as soon as there is a mishap. Oddly enough some senators attempted to add liability protection for non-AMEs to the bill, but the committee rejected that amendment. So as it stands, in section 7, AME, DARs and DPE as shielded from civil actions, but not non-AME MDs. Further, according to the FAA legal guys, doing the checklist medical exam (instead of an FAA 3rd Class), is not considered being a representative of the FAA, so it will not be covered by section 7. Catch 22. I'm just laying out the situation as it exists this week. I will not response to ad-homineum attacks. -------- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=460695#460695 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/faafas201602abridged_723.pdf ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:34:53 AM PST US From: Roger Subject: RE: AeroElectric-List: Current Status of third class medical reform I'm switching hats here for a moment to my other pastime as a Senior AME to bring you a brief update on the POBR2 reforms. I enclose an article by Jim Frasier, the Federal Air Surgeon. I had several personal chats with Dr. Frasier at the CAMA meeting last week and this article tracks closely what he told me. I will only add that the expectation is th at the NPR and public comment process will probably exceed the one year mandate (and Inhofe knew this going in), but the new FAA regs once published in the Federal Register will supersede the "no enforcement" claus e. There is a lot in the air so to speak, that will not be settled until the m ajor insurance carriers and underwriters publish for guidance both for aircraft hull insurance and for medical malpractice. I know the EAA says everything will work out, but as the law is currently written with the exact wording o f the physician attestation at the end of the checklist, none of the docs I k now will be covered by insurance for signing it and fully expect to be a litiga tion target as soon as there is a mishap. Oddly enough some senators attempted to add liability protection for non-AMEs to the bill, but the committee rej ected that amendment. So as it stands, in section 7, AME, DARs and DPE as shielde d from civil actions, but not non-AME MDs. Further, according to the FAA legal guys, doing the checklist medical exam (instead of an FAA 3rd Class), is not considered being a representative of the FAA, so it will not be covered by section 7. Catch 22. I'm just laying out the situation as it exists this week. I will not respon se to ad-homineum attacks. Thanks for the update, IRA!! It seemed that this had gone into a =9C Black Hole=9D and would not be seen again until a couple of thousand pages of regs had been written, had you not come forward with your update. Even if you can=99t show much progress, I and probably many more on this list are interested in any tidbits of information that you can dole ou t. Please fill us in whenever you receive an update. Roger ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:04:33 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Current Status of third class medical reform From: "rampil" >From what I heard, the refs are mostly done and hew very close to the law congress wrote. After all, 70 senators and 200 some odd congressmen signed it. It has to wind its way through layers of review at DOT etc before opening for public comment. -------- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=460697#460697 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:49:42 PM PST US From: Art Zemon Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Problems Soldering DB-25 Connectors On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Efraim Otero wrote: > Art: > Please send pictures so us newbies can compare thanks for sharin g!! > Efraim, Your wish is my command :-) Desoldering went well. Bob's suggestion to melt the solder and then wack the pliers-holding-the-connector on the workbench did the trick much better than the solder wick. I ended up with nice clean cups like this: I stripped the wire to the length that would fit into the pin. Here is a photo showing the scale (I am not going to solder this wire into the pin on the end). I set the wire into the pin and it stayed nicely in position all by itself, making the soldering super easy. Here is a photo with the red wire already soldered and the black wire set in place, ready to be soldered. With both soldered, I have connections that please me very much. They are mechanically solid, which gives me confidence that these will last the life of my airplane. (They actually look better in real life than in this photo, which has some terrible reflections.) Reinforcing my confidence in these connections, they were very quick. Since the wire set neatly and securely into the cups, total time to strip the wire, set it into the cup, and apply solder was well under 60 seconds. Previously, I had been fighting the wire and fighting with clamps to get everything to stay in position so that I could solder; it was taking me 5-10 minutes per pin with lots of do-overs. Hat tip again to all of you who helped me. Thank you! -- Art Z. -- http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ *"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel* ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:47:39 PM PST US From: Art Zemon Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Problems Soldering DB-25 Connectors On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Art Zemon wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Efraim Otero > wrote: > >> Art: >> Please send pictures so us newbies can compare thanks for shari ng!! >> > > > Efraim, > > Your wish is my command :-) > One more photo. I disassembled and reassembled the first connector that I did (more than a week ago). I am much happier with this iteration: These wires are for the pitot tube heater. It draws 12 amps so I am using three pins each for power, plus one pin for the status lamp. These three 20 AWG pigtails join to 12 AWG wire which runs the length of the wing. Cheers, -- Art Z. -- http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ *"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" 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