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1. 09:57 AM - Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... (Matt Dralle)
2. 10:43 AM - Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... (Doug Gray)
3. 10:49 AM - Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... (Matt Dralle)
4. 11:14 AM - Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... (Doug Gray)
5. 04:19 PM - Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... (Matt Dralle)
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Subject: | Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
Greetings Listers,
I have an RV-6 with an ACK E-01 ELT unit and the small Remote Control Panel (RCP)
unit. Last month, I completely replaced the instrument panel in the airplane
and when I removed the ELT's RCP, I noticed that one of the mounting holes
was broken off.
I had another ELT on the shelf for another project and so I grabbed the RCP from
it and designed a hole in the new instrument panel for it. The hole for this
RCP was about twice the height of the hole for the RCP from the E-01 but appeared
to be exactly the same as far as make and connector hole.
Well, I didn't really put two and two together at the time but the E-01 is from
ACK Technologies, and the RCP from the other unit is an Ameri-King AK-450. Except
for the difference in vertical size the two RCP's look exactly the same
and accept the same RJ-11 connector. Both have a Red and a Black button and a
single Red LED. Both take a 3 volt battery.
But here's the bummer, after I put everything back together this weekend, it turns
out that the new RCP will NOT turn the E-01 on/off. If I plug the original
E-01 RCP in to the same RJ-11 wire, it does turn the E-01 on/off, so the wiring
and E-01 are fine. It just seems that the internal wiring of the two different
RCP's is slightly different.
The bigger bummer is that now I have a large hole in my panel for the RCP that
doesn't work, so I have to figure something out. The original-sized RCP won't
fit because its too small and the panel hole is too big.
Can anyone lend any advice on the situation? Surely others have run into this
before.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
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Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
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Subject: | Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
On 11/10/2011, at 3:53 AM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
> I have an RV-6
I cannot help with the encoder question, but what are you doing with an RV-6?
There must be a story....
Doug Gray
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Subject: | Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
At 10:40 AM 10/10/2011 Monday, you wrote:
>
>On 11/10/2011, at 3:53 AM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
>> I have an RV-6
>
>I cannot help with the encoder question, but what are you doing with an RV-6?
>
>There must be a story....
>
>Doug Gray
Well, after flying 170 hours last year in my RV-8, to suddenly not have an RV to
fly after the mishap in May, I decided to pick up an RV-6 "flyer" to tied me
over until I got the RV-8 back in the air. After I flew the RV-6 for about 4
hours, I couldn't stand the Steam Gauge panel after having flow "all-glass" in
the RV-8, so I decided to do a few "upgrades" to the RV-6. That was 6 weeks
ago. New panel is almost done! Pictures of before and after as soon as I'm
done, I promise. You won't believe the transformation!
Matt
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Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
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Subject: | Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
Matt,
I figured it was something like that. Looking forward to the pictures.
BTW I just love my 6.
Doug
RV-6 flying since July 2010
On 11/10/2011, at 4:47 AM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
> At 10:40 AM 10/10/2011 Monday, you wrote:
>>
>> On 11/10/2011, at 3:53 AM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an RV-6
>>
>> I cannot help with the encoder question, but what are you doing with an RV-6?
>>
>> There must be a story....
>>
>> Doug Gray
>
>
> Well, after flying 170 hours last year in my RV-8, to suddenly not have an RV
to fly after the mishap in May, I decided to pick up an RV-6 "flyer" to tied
me over until I got the RV-8 back in the air. After I flew the RV-6 for about
4 hours, I couldn't stand the Steam Gauge panel after having flow "all-glass"
in the RV-8, so I decided to do a few "upgrades" to the RV-6. That was 6 weeks
ago. New panel is almost done! Pictures of before and after as soon as I'm
done, I promise. You won't believe the transformation!
>
> Matt
>
>
> -
> Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
> http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
> http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
> http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
> Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
>
>
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
I just got an email back from ACK Tech and they said:
"To use the Ameriking remote you must cut one end off the cable and turn it 180
degrees. - Mike Akatiff, ACK Technologies"
Simple enough! Yahoo!
Matt Dralle
At 09:53 AM 10/10/2011 Monday, you wrote:
>
>
>Greetings Listers,
>
>I have an RV-6 with an ACK E-01 ELT unit and the small Remote Control Panel (RCP)
unit. Last month, I completely replaced the instrument panel in the airplane
and when I removed the ELT's RCP, I noticed that one of the mounting holes
was broken off.
>
>I had another ELT on the shelf for another project and so I grabbed the RCP from
it and designed a hole in the new instrument panel for it. The hole for this
RCP was about twice the height of the hole for the RCP from the E-01 but appeared
to be exactly the same as far as make and connector hole.
>
>Well, I didn't really put two and two together at the time but the E-01 is from
ACK Technologies, and the RCP from the other unit is an Ameri-King AK-450.
Except for the difference in vertical size the two RCP's look exactly the same
and accept the same RJ-11 connector. Both have a Red and a Black button and
a single Red LED. Both take a 3 volt battery.
>
>But here's the bummer, after I put everything back together this weekend, it turns
out that the new RCP will NOT turn the E-01 on/off. If I plug the original
E-01 RCP in to the same RJ-11 wire, it does turn the E-01 on/off, so the wiring
and E-01 are fine. It just seems that the internal wiring of the two different
RCP's is slightly different.
>
>The bigger bummer is that now I have a large hole in my panel for the RCP that
doesn't work, so I have to figure something out. The original-sized RCP won't
fit because its too small and the panel hole is too big.
>
>Can anyone lend any advice on the situation? Surely others have run into this
before.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Matt Dralle
-
Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
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