Matronics Email Lists

Unless the start was a really difficult one, it pulls very little total energy from the battery, and it will get topped up fairly quickly by a 40-60 amp alternator.

RE Odyssey, I've been usin ...

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM Gary Wold <pilotgary99@gmail.com (I have not received anything from this group for awhile now. Has it just been super quiet?
I suppose so; same here.

Phase separation really is a 'thing', but it seems likely a Kolb with any engine running a carb without mixture adjustment would quit from running too rich (or the pilot will freeze) before th ...

On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 8:26 PM lcottrell <lcottrell1020@gmail.com (--> Kolb-List message posted by: "lcottrell" <lcottrell1020@gmail.com (Why 'd0 n0t archive'? You're ...

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 1:59 PM TERRY EDWARDS <terry.edwards@telus.net (I'm making 22-24 AWG fusible links for the Garmin shunts on my RV-9A using B and C's kit. Two questions:Is there an ...

I haven't even stayed in any hotels lately, but if you're in a stabilized turn of any bank, won't the ailerons be neutral? The way I was taught, they're rate controls; if they're deflected, the bank a ...

I don't know what happened to my previous post in this thread, but what showed up in this forum version had nothing of what I sent in the email. Here's what I wrote earlier:

I'll take a short swing ...

On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 10:50 AM wsimpso1 <wsimpso1@comcast.net> wrote:

[quote]

We all know we need backups on any circuit needed for comfortable
completion of a flight. I aimed for t ...

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:28 AM Mudfly <shawntedwards@hotmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Mudfly" <shawntedwards@hotmail.com (1st thing that comes to mind is a ...

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:40 AM user9253 <fransew@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "user9253" <fransew@gmail.com (It's been a really long time since I playe ...

On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM Rick Neilsen <neilsenrm@gmail.com (Agreed but.

GA aircraft engines are much older design than VW with lower power power to weight. They are still used in new d ...

I rarely use the web version, but I did today and I got the same errors several times.

And if Matt sees this, I'm apparently not getting the email versions if someone posts to to the web ver ...

Might be worth looking at https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gifRick,

Thanks for the info.
I've inherited this airframe f ...

Not knowing that particular engine's characteristics makes it even more difficult to remotely troubleshoot. But here are some generic things to think about.
One thought (but not easiest to check) ...

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM Dan Newman <daniel.m.newman.au@gmail.com (Good morning

I'm in Australia, building an RV-8, with rear-mounted batteries.

For the main feed from batter ...

snipped

By using cars for the field test platforms,
we'll be able to secure a lot more
information than if first articles
went directly to airplanes.

Bob . . . ...

On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 6:58 PM N1921R <RV.6A.N1921R@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "N1921R" <RV.6A.N1921R@gmail.com (Hi John,
Did you read the entirety of t ...

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 9:11 PM user9253 <fransew@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "user9253" <fransew@gmail.com (I thought the same thing about the diode, but a ...

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 1:48 PM andymeyer <meyerkc135@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "andymeyer" <meyerkc135@gmail.com (My personal thought process is to have ...

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 11:47 AM Coastflyer <jessejenks72@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Coastflyer" <jessejenks72@gmail.com (I'd suggest taking a long h ...