---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/10/11: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:57:17 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV-List: 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 - 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... ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:43:06 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... From: Doug Gray On 11/10/2011, at 3:53 AM, Matt Dralle 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:49:50 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Re: RV-List: 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 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... ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:14:19 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... From: Doug Gray 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 wrote: > > At 10:40 AM 10/10/2011 Monday, you wrote: >> >> On 11/10/2011, at 3:53 AM, Matt Dralle 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... > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:19:03 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV-List: 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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-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/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-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.