- 1. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Roy" <royanjoy@ncn.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:55:51 -0600
- About - "you need a backup system - just in case your nifty micro controlled wonder goes south!" If your exhaust port aims straight up, simply fly a little thin-paper 'kite' tethered by three threads
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00154.html (6,510 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Blaine" <keepwalking188@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:49:38 -0600
- Roy, That's a good idea. But I can't see my exhaust port as the amp fits into a shelving arrangement. And at 5:00 AM on the 2nd day of the 48 hours, I think a flashing red light and yelp-type siren m
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00155.html (7,536 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:40:19 +0000
- Let me guess, now... you don't have a cat? -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.cont
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00156.html (7,275 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy GD0TEP" <andy@gd0tep.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:09:05 -0800
- Here's an idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5pXTiAXTR0 73, Andy http://gd0tep.com About - "you need a backup system - just in case your nifty micro controlled wonder goes south!" If your exhaust
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00157.html (8,181 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:11:02 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
- A friend of mine has a retractable gear aircraft. It has a gear lever that goes forward and backward to make it go down and up. I got checked out in it a few years ago and the check pilot tried to tr
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00158.html (8,581 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:03:56 -0500
- I was going to say this had to be a home built aircraft as any retract built in the last 50 years has to have both a gear warning horn (activated by retarding the throttle with the gear up) and indic
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00159.html (11,358 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Blaine" <keepwalking188@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:29:34 -0600
- Great story Colin and Roger. This redundancy thing can be taken to infinity. Fortunately, the only life threating situation this amp provides is when I have my fingers poking around in it's guts. For
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00160.html (12,034 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: donroden@hiwaay.net
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:29:55 -0600
- The Rockwell 114s have a lever that is shaped like a tire.... up is up / down is down. The flap lever is shaped like a flap... again, up is up and down is down. Those Collins / Rockwell guys were cl
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00161.html (7,849 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:17:14 -0800
- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: There is a lesson in fail safe design here. There should be two LEDs - green for gear down and red for gear up. Having only one LED is asking for trouble. Suppose the LED bur
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00163.html (8,411 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: donroden@hiwaay.net
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:57:10 -0600
- Three in the Green. If a lamp is burnt out, you automatically do a go-around. No exceptions. Fly the pattern and ask for a visual from the tower. Don W4DNR ___________________________________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00164.html (9,271 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:27:33 -0800
- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: 999 times out of a thousand, a single green LED would be ok, but there could be that one time where a tired or inexperienced pilot gets confused and thinks that green means "
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00165.html (8,538 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "k7fm" <k7fm@teleport.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:27:20 -0800
- Getting back to radios, the point about the landing gear and confusion when landing can be transferred to the amplifier. I still remember, while in high school, we used to operate on 10 meter am duri
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00166.html (8,810 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: donroden@hiwaay.net
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:18:27 -0600
- Having a "warning" light to tell you when something is "normal" ( gear up ) creates more confusion than it solves. It's like having a HV off light. Don W4DNR _________________________________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00167.html (7,974 bytes)
- 14. [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:26:49 -0800
- This redundancy thing can be taken to infinity. Fortunately, the only life threating situation this amp provides is when I have my fingers poking around in it's guts. For normal operation, I'm happy
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00168.html (9,001 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:56:59 -0800
- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: A "normal" light tells you the "warning" light has not failed. It's like an oil pressure gauge vs an oil pressure warning light. Without the gauge, how do you know the warnin
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00169.html (8,754 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Amps] time to death... (score: 1)
- Author: Ron Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:40:01 +0000
- I don't like planes, still I have had friends that were flight instructors so I have heard a lot, but aren't labels like a simple dymo or an etched plate allowed in situations like this? That is what
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00174.html (9,198 bytes)
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