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I seem to recall that CB's are generally used to protect the wire, not whatever the load is. Figure out what gage wire is used for the power supply and size the CB accordingly. Some items may specif ...

I agree. It seems pointless to have 2 solenoids operating at the same time. The other issue is that I believe the Subaru solenoid moves the gear before the contactor part puts juice to the motor bru ...

Based on everyone's inputs and logic, I will use a normal aircraft style contactor for the battery. The aircraft is a Pietenpol with a Corvair engine and my arms are not long enough to reach the batt ...

Hi Robert et al.

Two issues to discuss

Under what circumstances could you recommend/condone the use of a simple mechanical master switch (as in Z-17) rather than a traditional battery contactor? ...

I am building a Pietenpol (wood fuselage) and will be installing 3 antennae. 1 VHF com, 1 ELT (121.5/406), and one transponder. The turtle deck is current uncovered so I can install them anywhere I ...

I believe the antenna design in question is an approach to getting a VERY broad range of frequency coverage (10-1) from a single antenna. Note also that it was designed to operate from 30 to 30,000 M ...

William Wynne is pleasant to deal with. His attitude in person is exactly like the mental picture you get from reading the assembly manual. Don't know what the WW 5th bearing costs but the Dan Wesem ...