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Pietenpol-List: voltage regulator
Re: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulator
Original Posted By: Steve Ruse
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulatorHarvey,My admittedly modest contribution, after suffering with related problems.Besides voltage and current (Amps), you have to know if your generator is type "A" or "B" circuit.All Delco Remy generators are type "A." For better explanation, go to _www.aerotechlou.com_ (http://www.aerotechlou.com) , "Troubleshooting alternator and generator issues".As an example: my Pacer has a Delco Remy generator (hence type "A") 12V and 35 Amps. The VR recommended is Electrodelta VR300, which will cost you app. $150.00.The automotive version -- performancewise the same as the aircraft grade - is a VR22, generally found or ordered from NAPA / Car Quest and the like. It was used in GM Corvair cars and is still used by many a farm tractor. It shouldcost you around $35.00. One last word: buy American. The current Chinese crop is worse than the toys they make, in the words of people in the known (Ecorse Electric/MI).Best of luck,MiguelN8714DPA22/20-150 http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30t ... ______Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:08:37 -0400
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulatorHarvey,My admittedly modest contribution, after suffering with related problems.Besides voltage and current (Amps), you have to know if your generator is type "A" or "B" circuit.All Delco Remy generators are type "A." For better explanation, go to _www.aerotechlou.com_ (http://www.aerotechlou.com) , "Troubleshooting alternator and generator issues".As an example: my Pacer has a Delco Remy generator (hence type "A") 12V and 35 Amps. The VR recommended is Electrodelta VR300, which will cost you app. $150.00.The automotive version -- performancewise the same as the aircraft grade - is a VR22, generally found or ordered from NAPA / Car Quest and the like. It was used in GM Corvair cars and is still used by many a farm tractor. It shouldcost you around $35.00. One last word: buy American. The current Chinese crop is worse than the toys they make, in the words of people in the known (Ecorse Electric/MI).Best of luck,MiguelN8714DPA22/20-150 http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30t ... ______Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:08:37 -0400
Pietenpol-List: Re: Engine question
Original Posted By: "PatrickW"
A little off-topic but not much. Does anyone on the list know if the designs published in the 1930s Flying & Glider Manuals are copyrighted? I have all the manuals and have looked for something to that effect on the covers and inside the manuals, but all I find is that the EAA Foundation or someone else has reprinted them in modern times and offered them for sale as new printings.Thanks.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________A place for moms to take a break! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TA ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Engine question
A little off-topic but not much. Does anyone on the list know if the designs published in the 1930s Flying & Glider Manuals are copyrighted? I have all the manuals and have looked for something to that effect on the covers and inside the manuals, but all I find is that the EAA Foundation or someone else has reprinted them in modern times and offered them for sale as new printings.Thanks.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________A place for moms to take a break! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TA ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Engine question
Original Posted By: "Skip Gadd"
I've been pondering the VW TDI diesel engine for a Piet...I own one (in a car). 90hp, peak torque at 1850 rpm. No idea how much it weights - guestimating that it's in the ballpark of a ModelA's weight.Biggest real-world issue would be fuel availability. The type of airports mostlikely to sell Jet-A are the type of airports I'd be least likely to visit.But from a technical perspective I believe it could be done.Patrick601XL/CorvairRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
I've been pondering the VW TDI diesel engine for a Piet...I own one (in a car). 90hp, peak torque at 1850 rpm. No idea how much it weights - guestimating that it's in the ballpark of a ModelA's weight.Biggest real-world issue would be fuel availability. The type of airports mostlikely to sell Jet-A are the type of airports I'd be least likely to visit.But from a technical perspective I believe it could be done.Patrick601XL/CorvairRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
RE: Pietenpol-List: ELT Location
Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Steve,I used the AK-450 and located it behind the seat. The ELT antenna is thedark vertical line between the elevator push/pull rod and rudder cable. Theaft location is not a problem for me since I weigh 90 lbs less than the guyI bought the plane from. Since the plane is wood and experimental you canlocate the antenna inside the fuze. I used the same ground plane for thecom and ELT antennas. If you do mount the ELT up front, I wouldn't worryabout the cowl interfering with the antenna operation, since if the ELTactivated the plane may be upside down and the cowl would be a great groundplane;)Skip> > So, give me your ELT location suggestions. Any pictures would be great.> Thanks,> Steve Ruse> Norman, OK________________________________________________________________________________
Steve,I used the AK-450 and located it behind the seat. The ELT antenna is thedark vertical line between the elevator push/pull rod and rudder cable. Theaft location is not a problem for me since I weigh 90 lbs less than the guyI bought the plane from. Since the plane is wood and experimental you canlocate the antenna inside the fuze. I used the same ground plane for thecom and ELT antennas. If you do mount the ELT up front, I wouldn't worryabout the cowl interfering with the antenna operation, since if the ELTactivated the plane may be upside down and the cowl would be a great groundplane;)Skip> > So, give me your ELT location suggestions. Any pictures would be great.> Thanks,> Steve Ruse> Norman, OK________________________________________________________________________________
RE: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulator
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Rob, did the NTSB ever come up with a cause for the crash that killed Mike and his student?Gene------------------------------------------------------------------------------9/6/2007 8:36 AM________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulatorDate: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:08:29 -0400
Rob, did the NTSB ever come up with a cause for the crash that killed Mike and his student?Gene------------------------------------------------------------------------------9/6/2007 8:36 AM________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulatorDate: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:08:29 -0400
Re: Pietenpol-List: voltage regulator
Original Posted By: LWATCDR