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1. 10:43 AM - Re: Re: Baklan 5 radio problem (Bitterlich, Mark G CIV Det Cherry Point, MALS-14 64E)
2. 06:17 PM - Re: Cockpit mounted video cameras (Tim Gagnon)
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| Subject: | Re: Baklan 5 radio problem |
Sure... No big deal. If you do it right, and I thought most everyone
had done that it on purpose at least once in their lives. I have to
tell you a story here if I may. It goes back to when I was a young
idiot (now I am an old one) and wanted to save money. I'd rent a
PA-28-140, take it up as high as I could make it go, cool it down, then
bring the throttle to idle, turn off the mags, put down the flaps, hold
the nose up right into the stall and get the prop to STOP. Of course
now you have no oil pressure. Which means the rental aircraft HOBS
meter stops. Which means you now have FREE FLIGHT TIME! YES SIR
BUDDY! But of course, you are also a glider.
It is actually hard to get the prop to stop. It WANTS to windmill. All
you have to do is push the nose over and let the speed come up and the
prop will start turning all by itself, no starter required. Of course,
if you want to be REALLY safe, do it over an airport! This is actually
fun to do in our aircraft! I do not do it all the time, but I have
taken my YAK-50 up to 10,000 feet or so, cooled it down slowly and then
following the procedure above, stop the prop. Open the canopy. Take
your freaking headset off! Enjoy the sound of NO ENGINE and just wind
noise going by. It's a ton of fun really. However, it is pretty darn
hard to keep that prop STOPPED. Just a simple increase in airspeed and
away it goes.
Turn the mags back on, bring up the power very slowly and let the engine
warm up again. Do NOT take it all the way to low altitude and then just
RAM the power to the engine. Not a smart move. However if you do it
right, it is perfectly safe. No, I do not do it all the time, once or
twice in 10 years.
The only real hazard of doing this is if you turn off the mags with the
engine developing serious power. Turning them off and then back on
again is simply not too smart when the engine is putting out serious
energy!
It is hard to actually do this, but if you ever accidentally turn the
mags off in flight, the smart procedure is to NOT TURN THEM BACK ON
AGAIN. Bring the throttle to idle and THEN turn the mags back on again
and bring your power up slowly. If you wanted to be REALLY safe, you
would also bring your mixture to cut off and THEN turn the mags back on
as well. Then bring in the mixture, and bring up the throttle(s). Of
course the M-14's have no mixture control. Using the throttle method
alone works just fine.
Mark Bitterlich
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William
Halverson
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Baklan 5 radio problem
--> <william@netpros.net>
Both off in flight?
I did that once by accident and scared the Hell out of myself ...
What's the restart procedure? In my case when I turned them both back
on I thought the engine was going to jump of the front end of my a/c!
+-----Original Message-----
+From: Bitterlich, Mark G CIV Det Cherry Point, MALS-14 64E
+[mailto:mark.bitterlich@navy.mil]
+Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 10:53 AM
+To: yak-list@matronics.com
+Subject: RE: Yak-List: Re: Baklan 5 radio problem
+
+--> Point, MALS-14 64E" <mark.bitterlich@navy.mil>
+
+Great info.
+
+Bottom line... Anything that creates a spark creates RF noise as well,
+especially when dealing with high voltage sources. The very first
+radios were made using what was called "Spark Gaps", and they still
+work!
+
+This problem would have been found by turning the mags off one at a
+time then both at once for a short duration in flight.
+
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| Subject: | Re: Cockpit mounted video cameras |
The Vholder cameras are toys....plain and simple. They are NOT built to handle
the rigors of airplanes.
I would recommend the VIO POV.15. The thing was built to milspec standards and
is solid as a rock.
We use the shit out of ours all over the helicopter and could not be happier. I
own a Vholdr and never use it....
Two camera heads available; 110 and 70 degree FOV.
The POV is NOT HD but the quality is good.
http://www.vio-pov.com/
Some video we shot on a recent gun shoot. Make sure you watch it at 720P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuY9fE84Po0
Worth the money...especially when you get them for dealer cost! Wish I had one
when I had my -50.
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