-
Posts
1,392 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
8
danny_galaga's Achievements
Well-known member (3/3)
-
Totally agree. I was building a linear power supply for that purpose but realised mucking around with little side projects wasn't getting my plane in the air. My USB is really just for the voltmeter 😄 You know what's really dumb of me? I recently installed a battery isolator switch in the instrument panel. I put the isolator where the USB was. I had already seen I had a voltmeter in the radio some before, but completely forgot and REINSTALLED the USB next to the isolator, instead of just leaving it out 🤣 DOH!
-
Totally agree, although if all the wiring is good the difference is negligible - no need to have wires going separately all the way to the battery. Like you say, you want to know if it's charging or not. Even area 51s faulty one would be fine as long as it's consistent. Doesn't even have to read as volts. 825 bananas- battery at rest. 990 bananas- battery charging (a few minutes after start). Over 990. Overcharging. Somewhere between 825 990- something's going on (alternator not working fully, an unknown extra load has occurred etc). Monitor situation. 825 bananas or less in flight. No charge, battery going flat.
-
I noticed this too late for my build. My radio has a voltage display. That could have saved me some wiring. Mind you, my voltmeter is a USB port with built in voltmeter and USB seems useful nowadays. So I don't regret putting it in. But especially if you are building something really small and light, worth seeing if your radio, or other instrument has this function before you get a voltmeter.
-
It's all about the angle you hold your tongue etc with those 😄 . But it helped me get my head around the front cylinders being a different temperature to the back cylinders.
-
Hmmm, my only thought was maybe it was the wrong range gauge, but they look like 150°, which is what the Rotax sensors are. Which water sensors are wired? The front or the back? If the front, you may be able to swap the oil and water wire around. They are pretty close. They are the same sensors. See what happens then. Or if the back sensor is wired you can still put the oil wire on the front sensor. I did this recently to see if my oil sensor was ropey (it was) If the gauges behave differently after that, that is an indication something is up. Also, I used one of those thermometers that you point at objects and pull the trigger to get a sense of what's happening. A guide only because those temps will be quite different to the sensor temps.
-
Do you mean the needles aren't even moving UP to the green band? 😲 Now that's cool! Needles are moving though?
-
Motor on condition. If new I definitely wouldn't run it until taxi trials.
-
People often say the Rotax 912 seems to cool TOO well at times. Of course that is better than the reverse. With that in mind, my plane isn't yet flying and I'm just running the engine each weekend to keep things dry and oiled up. Because there's not much load, and the weather is getting a smidge cooler it's not easy to get it warm enough. My engine has two oil coolers, the same size and one radiator. Last week I taped one oil cooler up, and it didn't make a difference. Today I went further. I taped up BOTH coolers and half the radiator. It finally went from just under 90° to nearly 95° 😄 Obviously, in reality I haven't blocked 100% of the oil cooling because there will be air turbulating behind each cooler, taking some heat away. And needless to say, I fully understand if there was a proper load (taking off) I would soon know about it with all that taped off 😂 Still amusing though. It will stay taped off for now, so I don't have to run it for 30 minutes trying to warm it up.
-
Cirrus 22M Shelter Cove Airport, CA
danny_galaga replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I've driven the whole length and yes, northern is heavily wooded and/or mountainous. It stays that way from Vancouver, BC through Washington and Oregon and peter's out somewhere along the southern half of California. What a beautiful drive, but I think if I flew anywhere around there, I'd either get a floatplane or just follow the highways so there's a chance of landing somewhere in an emergency 😄 -
Way too posh if you yearn for a Quicksilver 😄
-
Beechcraft 35 Warren County Virginia 12/03/24
danny_galaga replied to Arron25's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I'm guessing it's this https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/pilot-avoids-injury-in-plane-crash-near-front-royal/article_77aaf69a-8392-55d4-b05f-3768d0a33814.html -
Balloon fall in Victoria
danny_galaga replied to danny_galaga's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13207749/amp/Preston-Melbourne-hot-air-balloon-emergency-Reports-person-fallen-hot-air-balloon.html They are reporting it as a suicide. -
Originally 2 axis, but by maybe 1984 it was 3 axis.
-
Balloon fall in Victoria
danny_galaga replied to danny_galaga's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I wasn't confused. I don't think you would describe the balloon crashing as a 'fall'. In any case, I wonder what could have happened? I've been in a hot air balloon. And while it did give me the Willie's a little (believe it or not I'm not great with heights 😄) the side of the basket was pretty high.