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  • mstrauss
    mstrauss reacted to Jonnyb's post in the thread Axis and redundancy with Like Like.
    @BurnieM I think the various subsystems are on separate power supplies. I don’t think it’s one single power supply for the entire box.
  • D-Dubya
    D-Dubya replied to the thread EMag issue.
    Sounds like ONE is bad...not sure why you'd want to pull both unless they need the bearing upgrade. Just because one failed at 150...
  • dspender
    dspender replied to the thread Van's "very special airplane"?.
    What are the times and locations of the Van presentations? I'm not readily recognizing them on the Airventure site.
  • D-Dubya
    D-Dubya reacted to Carl Froehlich's post in the thread EMag issue with Like Like.
    My experince over 20 years with dual pMags. The internal generator will keep the fan running down to ~900 RPM or so. Your’s dies at...
  • mstrauss
    mstrauss reacted to lr172's post in the thread Axis and redundancy with Like Like.
    That is what i think i would do. Doesn’t cost any more and would seem to provide better backup. But this is early and don’t think we...
  • Fffflats
    You’ve just proved the value of AOA — you only need to monitor AOA not three or more factors. You’ve reduced the cognitive load and the...
  • mstrauss
    mstrauss reacted to TASEsq's post in the thread Axis and redundancy with Like Like.
    This is the kind of thing I’m wanting to know - what *practical* loss of info will occur. I’m probably going to go with a gnx375 with...
  • MacCool
    MacCool replied to the thread Do i need a compass?.
    In the event of a total electrical failure and assuming that my backup batteries are offline, I would still have at least one iPad, as...
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    PM Sent
  • Rdog420
    Rdog420 replied to the thread EMag issue.
    Idk. Brad wrote the manual It also says that they test open air spark down to 700 rpm.
  • Fffflats
    @Ironflight Have you seen the Airflow Performance Monitor recently developed in Montreal, Canada? Works just like a pressure diff AOA...
  • rolivi
    rolivi reacted to riobison's post in the thread Do i need a compass? with Like Like.
    I'm in Canada and not even sure on the regs here. But I do have a wet compass but the problem is I cant find a compass rose anywhere to...
  • L
    lr172 replied to the thread EMag issue.
    How could the fuel system have any impact on what RPM the pmags generator is producing enough power to run the unit?
  • Fffflats
    You’ve just summarize Vac’s main thesis; he’s just being more polite so as to soothe and get the message received. Here is a much...
  • L
    lr172 reacted to HFS's post in the thread Fuel servo overhaul with Like Like.
    +1 to Larry’s comment & just a “datapoint” & testament to the durability of the Bendix RS series of servos. I had my RSA-5 servo OH by...
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