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Sounds like a sound line of reasoning.
Where did you buy the master contactor?
-- Craig

Aircraft Spruce P/N 111-226, $18.90

Run the starter directly from the battery through the starter's contactor
but power the coil in the contactor from the switched buss. So the starter
is fed directly but the contactor can't close unl ...

Doug,

1) Don't have your starter wire - which goes from the Batt. to the heavy
contacts of the Starter Relay - go through the Batt. Sol. I would consider having the heavy Starter wire come
...

Hi Doug,

I am curious why you consider coolant failure in the same sentence as
electrical failure. It seems to me that coolant failure is fatal and
you must land immediately after turning off ...

I have attached a picture of what I plan to do to wire my battery power in my 701. This is kind of the way that my Cessna is wired. Is this similar to what others are doing?

Specifically- is the ...

I am getting ready to install my instruments into the panel. Has anyone who is currently flying the plane noticed any difference in readability of displays located on the upper area of the panel, as ...

what
about the holes in the skin for the fuel tank caps? Would I be correct in
assuming that there might be less stress because they are somewhat smaller
and are fairly close to both the spar a ...

I believe that in a stressed skin design (like the 701 and 601) adding an inspection hole is the same as making a repair to the skin. AC 43.13-1B covers procedures for repairs of damaged skins. The ...

I went to mount my ELT in my 701 today and hit a snag. Where do I mount it? The instructions with the ELT say "The mounting surface must be extremely rigid; therefore, mounting the ELT directly ...

I have the extra tanks in my 701. The only way to use all of the gas in my tanks is to run one set dry. Since I don't want my starter motor to become a required piece of hardware for continued fligh ...

I am assembling my controls. Part 7C1-3 does not appear to have the proper length shown in the drawings. The drawing shows a total length of 685 mm. With 10mm at each end, the bolts would have a sp ...

I have completed jigging the front to rear fuselage on my 701. I have ordered the "new" firewall forward kit from ZAC but they say it won't ship until sometime in September. Therefore I ca ...

I remember seeing several notes about the desirability of adding some stiffeners in the fuselage sides, top and/or bottom to prevent or lessen any oil canning. I did a search of the list and didn't f ...

We had a tragic accident at an airport here that shows just how difficult it is to know how to attach the seat belts. A Long EZ went off the runway and broke off the main gear. The pilot died becaus ...

I don't watch this thread all of the time and so I am not familiar with the incident with Jon. Could you say what basically happened or point me to the thread with that discussion.
Thanks

When I position my seat belt bracket (7F16-3) on the center tunnel,
it appears higher than the picture shown in the assembly guide. I've
measured everything several times and the bolt is 180mm fr ...

I have chosen the Jabiru 2200 for the following reasons.
1) It has no gear reduction so it will windmill. I got the extra 2
fuel tanks and the only way to get all of the fuel from the aux tanks
...

I've got a similar tool, but it doesn't work on curved parts like
inspection covers (which is the only place I really need it). Does
anyone know how to create that edge on inspection plate covers ...

I am trying to bolt the slats to my wing. There are two jigs used,
one for the bottom alignment and one for the top gap. But when I
have the bottom set correctly there is too much gap at the top ...

I found out that if you don't break in the pads as the instructions
state, they don't work very well. When I break in a new set of
linings I taxi 2 or 3 thousand feet with the brakes on. They ge ...