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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:14 am Post subject: Vertical Power VP-X Pro for RV-8 Architecture Question |
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Hello everyone, long time listener, first time call 
I am getting ready to design the electrical system for my RV-8. I will have a full-up IFR Dynon EFIS system using the Vertical Power VP-X Pro with all other typical full-electric airplane items such as autopilot, trim, LED nav/strobe/landing/taxi lights, backup alternator (SD- , etc. I bought the AeroElectric CD-ROM and have been unable to find any electrical system architecture ideas, especially anything that would apply to a VP-X Pro system. If you know where to find a "boilerplate" system template that I could use as a starting point, or any other advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!
Karl
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Michael Wynn
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Location: San Ramon, CA
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: Vertical Power VP-X Pro for RV-8 Architecture Question |
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Hi Karl,
I have an RV 8, VPX-Pro. Start with the literature on the VP website. Since you are all electrical, you definitely need back up power. You can use the Z-13 architecture and substitute the VP-X for main bus. You can also use Z-14, substituting the VP-X for the main bus and setting up a completely separate secondary bus as back up or alternate power. Marc has pretty clear instructions about how to set up the secondary alternator through the VP-X. The only concern there is single point of failure (the VP-X).
The key concept from the Aeroelectric CD is understanding failure modes and having a system that is failure tolerant. Failures always happen. You just want to make sure that they don't interfere with the safe termination of your flight. I have read the Aeroelectric manual, front to back, several times. There is a huge amount of really useful information there about how things work and how to think about how to set up your electrical system. Once you have a clear understanding of the mission, the failure modes and how your equipment functions, then you can select an architecture that suits you.
Hope this helps.
Michael Wynn
RV 8 Finishing
San Ramon, CA
In a message dated 5/1/2012 9:23:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gashf16(at)yahoo.com writes:
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I am getting ready to design the electrical system for my RV-8. I will have a full-up IFR Dynon EFIS system using the Vertical Power VP-X Pro with all other typical full-electric airplane items such as autopilot, trim, LED nav/strobe/landing/taxi lights, backup alternator (SD-, etc. I bought the AeroElectric CD-ROM and have been unable to find any electrical system architecture ideas, especially anything that would apply to a VP-X Pro system. If you know where to find a "boilerplate" system template that I could use as a starting point, or any other advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!
Karl
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