jakej

saw the Avocet at Natfly....can't work out what it is designed for...............

Jake J

Don

I suspect Jab has a much lower claim rate than some of these car manufactures. In my experience Jab is aways willing to help their customers and do so well after the warranty period is over.

A survey could put this to rest ?

Jake J

Good article in the latest Aviation Safety Digest essentially about the need to be able to overpower (break-away from) the autopilot and various trim situations you might encounter. Autopilots are not without their hazards. Nev

Jake J

There is another way of having ANR capability into your existing headsets see http://www.headsetsinc.com/ supplied with battery pack (spend the extra $10 for auto off feature) and you can get a 9volt adaptor module to connect to aircraft power or make your own. There are thousands of these units in use - I have used them for years without problems, a good value for money option.

Jake J

hi guys i think its about time i write somthing here all i heve to do is learn how to use the sucker now and from the sounds of things i better buy a alarm clockkev

You'll have to wait as I need to program/calibrate the system when you get the Sierra back here:big_grin:

Jake J

If you're the Jake J ex-Canberra, I would certainly attend such a Natfly forum, Jake. I well remember the beautiful work you did when you worked from YSCB, including on your own Experimental.

Jake J

Hi Jake....a forum on wiring and all things electrical next Natfly would be great! Things like terminals and bus bars etc. Natfly needs more things like this. I would love to see one on installing instruments and how to connect the pitot and static lines etc.Scotty

Panels are my passion - especially ergonomic design. I checked out your website and can make some suggestions about your panel if you wish, just pm me.

Jake J

Yep. Nothing but the best for my little baby.

Sometimes you can get these from places like Repco under the Narva brand but I've noticed that the same item/part number can have the 2 different quality crimps in the packaging, also some of the kit manufacturers can have varying quality terminals supplied with their electrical options. As you obviously know, what to look for is the metal 'sleeve' inside the plastic covering needs to be almost the full length of the crimped part - this results in the most secure termination and no WTF moments.

Jake J

I was first to land at BK (runway was closed temporarily) after the incident and met the owner, still on other the runway, who told me what happened. A friend had the same type Q200 so I was interested in the outcome. The first flight was obviously stressful with the overheating so maybe he didn't insist on going to SY?

Jake J

Thanks Jake.So, solder them and feed them into a yellow spade?

Sounds good.

Jake J

Cazza

I can do a couple of forums on Autopilots, Avionics & Wiring if you like, I'll call you.

Jake J

Thanks guys. I have a quality crimper. The main problem is how to join the 3 wires - they won't all fit into a spade connector.One thought I had was to put each wire into a ring connector and bolt them together with one leading to a spade.

Do it again for the pair. Both spades then onto the switch.

 

I would support the bolts so they don't move around.

 

Another thought was that there must be a proper bus type product out there.

 

A forum would be good Jake.

I have the Trio autopilot and altitude hold in my J430. It took a while to get the calibration settings right, but both have ended up excellent units. The auto pilot deviates from the track by only a couple of degrees and the altitude hold is generally within about 30 feet of the selected altitude.The service from the local agent (Jake Jansen) and Trio US has been first class.

Garry

You should have mentioned that your Jabby has electric elevator trim which took some clever work by you and some time to calibrate as well

Jake J

I am replacing my master avionics switch. It got a little intermittent the last few flights.There are 3 wires on one side and 2 on the other.

We originally soldered the wires to the switch terminals. This means the solder is doing the mechanical work as well as the electrical.

 

What's the right way to join the wires and attach them to the switch terminals via spades?

 

Thanks,

 

Ross

Anyway you want but my preference is via spade terminal ie the AMP brand not the cheapy auto type, and use a quality double crimper not the single jaw type. You can also solder instead, just don't get too much heat into the switch, 'tin' the wires first.

Maybe I'll see if I can do an AVionics/Wiring forum at Natfly next year, would be good to get some feedback if this is what members want.

Jake J

When we had the birdstrike we ended up at Moorabbin (which I realise is a far smaller scale than YMMB or YSSY) and called up and requested priority and the controller rearranged things so we were #1 to land. I assume they'd do the same thing just on a far bigger scale at one of the big airports. I can't see anyone going 'Nah mate, go and crash on a house, I've got all my RPTs lined up already, tough luck'

Jake J

I have an ICOM A210 as does a sister aeroplane. Works great for us including the monitoring of the standby frequency which a poster commented on some time ago. There may very well have been better choices for us back then (2 or is it 3 years) but no complaints for these flying school aeroplanes.

No question on the performance of the Icoms, just the DESIGN of the A210. Leave it in the panel and all should be okay, the 'issues' develope as a result of install/removal - to do with the stupid ribbon interconnecting the face to the body, no other manufacturer does that these days. As for monitoring, not quite correct as it scans the standbay frequency which is a very different animal - a topic for another day maybe.

Jake J

Today after flying in a friends Foxbat at Gawler we were discussing 'Auto Pilots' when he told me a story where a friend of his had gone on a cross country flight in a GA aircraft with three other friends and because the flight was long and boring he fell asleep and woke up 20 minutes later to find that everyone else was asleep. They were on Auto Pilot at the time so what am I getting at.It suddenly hit me that although we thought we had every conceivable bell, whistle and gadget on our Morgan Sierra, we forgot the alarm clock which goes off automatically 5 minutes before our next way point.

That damn Guern again, can he ever be serious.

Nev - wasn't questioning your input, I just thought it was a good opportunity to generalise on this topic.

IMO those that sell the Chinese instruments are doing their customers a disservice, maybe it's just about money - these instruments are quite often unreliable & should be banned from sale until the quality improves and there are approved maintenance manuals.

Oooohhh you are playing with fire jake:oh yeah:.David

Nev

If you read Mike Busch's articles (Avweb) you may change your mind and come over to the new world. :-)

Good advice, Dieselten. I will not buy any of the Chinese instruments for my customers, just not worth the grief with the lack of reliability - I know of one of the altimeters being declared u/s straight out of the box (out of warranty due sitting on shelf while the plane was being built). Wultrad or Falcon, makes no difference - maybe in time they will get better just like the Jap stuff decades ago.

I wonder how many of these are in certified aircraft and attempts made at repair ? Most decent 'shops' won't try to repair them as there is no repair/maintenance manual so, then by default, you cannot repair these units and issue a cert under FAA 43 appen F.

Maybe a poll should be done to ascertain how many have/or are having problems with these units - I'd suggest a lot. AS I see it the only reason they are fitted is because of the price.

Apparently there are 12 Tigers, a Chippy and others heading off from Luskintyre this Thursday. That must almost be a record of Tigers out of one airfield, what a hoot wish I was going but I have to fly to Melbourne this week.David

Jake J

Mark

You could be correct there but the FANS (Future Air Navigation systems) committee would be more relevant than FAI. I don't see any chance of changing over to FM or Digital aviation radios anytime soon. Imagine the cost to us all.

We should keep in touch to swap VM stuff. My email [email protected]. 0755366624 Good one Brian B