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One thing I ran into decades ago with a different brand comm was that one of the D-sub pins backed out of the shell *just enough* to not make connection between the tray's connector and the radio itse ...

Troubleshoot. Simple stuff first; open the connections between the devices, one at a time, until both sides work again. Then start adding things and testing. My bet is that one channel's signal wire g ...

I thought TCW only made backup battery type devices until I looked up that model. Now that I've recovered my breath and got the old heart pumping again....

Is that thing space-certified?
$5 ...

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM Shaun Ellis <shaunwellis@gmail.com (--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Shaun Ellis <shaunwellis@gmail.com (Hi Shaun; welcome aboard!

The secret sau ...

The older regulators in IR alternators often didn't have 'load dump' protection. People were 'testing' their OV modules with the alternator under load, and the resulting voltage spike when the relay ...

Attached. Note that Bob later deleted references to using internally regulated alternators. But some versions of the Z figures using dynamo style alternators did include the relay & OV module depi ...

As the title says, why not? The old (flaky) glass fuses have always been used interchangeably across low voltage DC and common 120VAC circuits. Why the limitation on ATC style fuses? Is there a real, ...

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:

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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 ...