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  Topic: Open source product development for OBAM aircraft
rose9065f

Replies: 11
Views: 6046

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:33 pm   Subject: Open source product development for OBAM aircraft
BASIC, COBOL, assembler, C++++, reminds me of a heated debate many years ago regarding the merits of octal vs hex.  Of course all these things are tools, and you use the tool that is most appropriate ...
  Topic: smooth tires
rose9065f

Replies: 9
Views: 7666

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:38 am   Subject: smooth tires
Wet runways not a factor here in Pahrump,  maybe four inches rain per year. I do land on asphalt at the home field, but also on dry lakes and sand.

Regarding traction though, I am not sure it is a ...
  Topic: smooth tires
rose9065f

Replies: 9
Views: 7666

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:54 pm   Subject: smooth tires
KF2, original tires 15 years old, smooth 20x7-8, not looking so good, so I am going to replace them. I looked up the old posts, atv tires, golf cart etc. Dumb question, why do I want smooth tires? ...
  Topic: smooth tires
rose9065f

Replies: 9
Views: 7666

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:54 pm   Subject: smooth tires
KF2, original tires 15 years old, smooth 20x7-8, not looking so good, so I am going to replace them. I looked up the old posts, atv tires, golf cart etc. Dumb question, why do I want smooth tires? ...
  Topic: One more item on the checklist
rose9065f

Replies: 0
Views: 3044

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:09 pm   Subject: One more item on the checklist
The wind quit for a day last week, so I decided to fly up to Beatty.  Unfolded the wings and topped the tanks.  Calm when I left, but it got bumpy about a half hour out.  Really rough over the desert. ...
  Topic: 582 to death valley
rose9065f

Replies: 1
Views: 1810

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:00 pm   Subject: 582 to death valley
I live in Pahrump, NV, not too far from Death Valley.  I haven't flown over there yet because I am not sure if the altitude change will be a problem.  Pahrump is about 2700 feet, the Furnace Creek air ...
  Topic: drilling/tapping fiberglass tank
rose9065f

Replies: 8
Views: 5125

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:05 pm   Subject: drilling/tapping fiberglass tank
Fiberglass tanks seem to be one of the really major sources of posts here. My KF2, which I did not build, came to me with aluminum tanks which have never given me any trouble at all. So two question ...
  Topic: Icom A6 Power Supply
rose9065f

Replies: 12
Views: 16498

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:20 am   Subject: Re: Icom A6 Power Supply
" because the current
demands of the radio are all over the place."


Doesn't matter, the radio is running off its internal battery. The series resistor is trickle charging.

Simp ...
  Topic: Icom A6 Power Supply
rose9065f

Replies: 12
Views: 16498

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:57 am   Subject: Re: Icom A6 Power Supply
I made a cable with a 10 ohm resistor in series with the 12 volt feed from the plane to the A24. This puts a small charge into the A24 battery, but the radio still operates from its internal battery. ...
  Topic: LG bungee cord
rose9065f

Replies: 9
Views: 7499

PostForum: Kitfox-List   Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:22 pm   Subject: LG bungee cord
CPS sent me 5/16 bungee cord instead of 3/8, and they are replacing it. But just out of curiosity, would there be a problem if I made up LG bungees of 5/16, using 8 or 9 loops instead of the 6 loops ...
 
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