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1. 08:11 AM - Re: Regulator location (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
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| Subject: | Re: Regulator location |
>Cons:
>I've never seen this done on certified aircraft or land vehicles.
Actually, regulators for the B36 and B55
airplanes are behind co-pilot side of
instrument panel.
I recalled having a photo of that installation.
Dug around in the 'archives'. Found a 640x480
image captured by the very first digital camera
I owned . . . paid about $600 for it as I
recall. It would shoot about 20 images onto
a 3-1/2" floppy. Anyhow, found the picture.
The lighting was too poor to produce a useful
image. Image sensors have come a long way
baby!
Don't think there was a driving concern
for regulator location other than cost
of ownership. Under the hood was the
obvious for optimal expense and ease
of maintenance. Of course, regulators
nowadays are built right into the alternators.
Rectifier/regulators are a special breed
given their internally generated heat.
So lacking environmental DATA (numbers)
for a proposed location, one might want
to err on the side of caution.
Bob . . .
Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes
survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
out of that stuff?"
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