---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 04/04/09: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:10 AM - CONTACTORS (AZFlyer) 2. 05:34 PM - Hayden ID 601xl Crash update (Lee Steensland) 3. 05:57 PM - Re: Hayden ID 601xl Crash update (Paul Mulwitz) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:10:26 AM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: CONTACTORS From: "AZFlyer" List, Have the 3300 with FWF kit from Jab.USA. Have been reading everything I can find on "contactors" ( AeroElectric, various Matronics lists, etc.). Do not understand most of it... so, my question is: Do I need to add one or more "Contactor" to my installation? I am not an EE, nor much of an electrician...just trying to understand what the Contactor might buy me. Planning an all-glass panel, if that makes any difference? Please don't throw electrical theory at me...I'm just looking for a simple explanation why I should or should not consider putting contactors on. If so, which one? Thanks, Mike -------- Mike Miller @ millrml@aol.com 601 XL, 3300, Dynon Remember, "the second mouse gets the cheese"! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=237668#237668 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:34:35 PM PST US From: Lee Steensland Subject: Zenith601-List: Hayden ID 601xl Crash update It looks like the NTSB finished up their examination of Ken Lien's fatal crash from back in August of 2008. The long and the short of it is this: ..onsite examination of the airplane revealed that the carburetor's mixture control lever was observed separated from its mixture shaft. The full narrative: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id 080923X01519&ntsbno=SEA08LA190&akey=1 I hope all builders including myself can learn something from his tragedy. -- Lee Steensland 601XL/Corvair (7637L reserved) Kit/Scratch builder 0.0% complete! ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:57:28 PM PST US From: Paul Mulwitz Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Hayden ID 601xl Crash update I noticed another comment - the final sentence of the NTSB report: The mixture control cable was secured to the firewall, not to a bracket on the engine. This suggests to me the installation of the engine was not done correctly. The report also indicates this was the maiden flight of the plane. Paul XL getting close do not archive At 05:33 PM 4/4/2009, you wrote: >The long and the short of it is this: > >..onsite examination of the airplane revealed that the carburetor's >mixture control lever was observed separated from its mixture shaft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-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/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-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.