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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: SD-8 integration onto aircraft

At 09:35 AM 6/6/2008 -0400, you wrote:

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		  Do I understand the mechanics of the SD-8 correctly?  It sits on the 

vacuum pad and the domed (orange) part spins out in the open at 4,000 rpm 

or so?


	




  Correct.



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		  I've never seen any recommendations to keep anything away from it--


	


  Seems self-evident that one should provide suitable clearance between

  the alternator and other parts. You don't want things "rubbing"

  on stuff that doesn't spin either.



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		    . . .does it have sufficient electromagnetic potential that it would 

 draw unsecured/inadequately secured ferrous objects toward it?


	


  No



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		     Obviously, you'd have everything under the cowl carefully secured; I'm 

 thinking it might be a different story if something got loose or a 

 foreign object of some kind made its way to the rear accessory case.


	


  Get out your crowbar, hammer and hatchet and

  deduce exactly what item under the cowl that

  you could force into contact with the alternator.



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Am I missing something here?


	


  Don't think so. Like spinning propellers, fan blades,

  chains and sprockets, flight control cables/pulleys,

  alternator belts/pulleys etc . . . numerous moving

  components in airplanes are easily integrated into

  the flight system with rudimentary considerations for

  clearances and security of adjacent hardware.



  There are no "gotchas" lurking under any rocks at this

  stage of the product's service history.  There are

  thousands of these things in service with a track

  record that goes back over 20 years.



  Bob . . .



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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: SD-8 integration onto aircraft

I agree...with a little bit of thought its just a non issue..About the only thing I have against the SD8 is the price..



Other than that this thing is bullet proof



Frank



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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: SD-8 integration onto aircraft

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I agree...with a little bit of thought its just a non issue..

About the only thing I have against the SD8 is the price..


	


    One is always free to build their own . . .



    Almost daily I find myself stacking DIY project

    $time$ against a decision to "get it bought and

    move on". More often than not the economics of

    $time$ demonstrate that I cannot build it for

    less than I can buy it.



        Bob . . .



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