Owner maintenance screw-ups

Jay Honeck writes:


I have never, ever, EVER had work done under the panel that did not
result in the need for further work....

Hence my dream to move as much as possible out of there.
Icom/Kenwood/etc make 2mtr ARS/VHF commercial radios with a detachable
~0.5" thick panel, and simple connecting cable.

I'd make it a fiber, and move the bigger boxes to under the rear seat
where cooling and access are both easy. Little box with mike/earphone
jacks going back there.

Then some instruments as well; LCD/glasspanel. That leaves lots of room
for the backup, deep ASI/AH/whatever.

Then I wake up and realize: these are the folks with external regulators
on their generators....and magneto ignitions.
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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

Hence my dream to move as much as possible out of there.
Icom/Kenwood/etc make 2mtr ARS/VHF commercial radios with a detachable
~0.5" thick panel, and simple connecting cable.

I'd make it a fiber, and move the bigger boxes to under the rear seat
where cooling and access are both easy. Little box with mike/earphone
jacks going back there.

Not exactly a new idea. Most WWII aircraft radios had a control box
and a remotely-mounted main chassis. My first airplane had a Narco
Omnigator "coffee grinder" with that arrangement. The remote part too
up a fair percentage of the baggage compartment. It sort of worked,
but you had to speed up the engine (and stand on the brakes) on the
ground so the generator would kick in and bring the voltage up to
where the transmitter would work. I don't miss it. BTW: it had vacuum
tubes and a vibrator power supply. Anyone remember those?

David Johnson

Dave writes:

I'd make it a fiber, and move the bigger boxes to under the rear seat
where cooling and access are both easy. Little box with mike/earphone
jacks going back there.

Not exactly a new idea.

Yep. Back Then, you needed a place for the dynamotor.

But while we don't need one any longer, and adding the fiber connection;
I think the cooling and accessability would offer real advantages. I'd
likely throw in a small Gel-Cell for backup power as well.

--
A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433