Did anyone attend SNF '08?

On Apr 17, 9:40*am, WingFlaps wrote:
On Apr 17, 5:37*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote: I went for one day and as soon as I walked in, I came upon the LSA
Mall and the first plane there was the Flight Design CTLS, one of the
planes high on my list to see.

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Thanks for the PIREP, John. *I've always had a great time at SNF, and worry
when I hear things like "the attendance was way down", for fear that the
organizers might throw in the towel...

I, too, have been very impressed with the CT, and was lucky to test-fly it
in '06. * It's got more shoulder room than my Pathfinder, fantastic
visibility, car-like engine management, and is great fun to fly. *It's the
slickest LSA on the market, IMHO.
--

Slick? Looks like a tadpole trying to waddle to me.

Cheers

Perhaps, but consider the width in the cockpit. And the outide of the
plane is that . . . slick. It can be incredible how smooth the skin
is on many of the composite airplanes. Its definitely not tradtional,
but it is smooth. Some of these relatively young companies seem that
they could teach something to the garden variety fiberglass boat
builder that have been in business for years or decades.

I did see one flaw on the finish of the CTLS I looked at where the
fairing between the main gear and the fuselage had become unbonded.
They say they are working on that. Time will tell.

Blue skies . . .

John

The whole thing... Panel, front, back..


You cannot keep your finger on it...

It gets REALLY hot....

But been tested to - whatever....

.......apparently the bright display it the heat producer...

Dave



On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:47:15 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Dave" wrote

Although, does this unit EVER GET HOT!

What part? The black box, power supply, display, or what?

Hi to "The other Dave"

Check my post below.... for the details...


Dave



On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:43:44 -0700 (PDT), Dave wrote:


had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...

Dave

So what was their answer?

The other Dave

Dave,

It gets REALLY hot....


What did they have to say about that?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

They said it was tested to operate on ambient temps up to 100 F, (or
more) agreed that it did run hot, and suggested it was due to heat
generated by the bright display..

I asked because I have been around electronic devices most of my life,
and heat is the enemy of anything electronic.

The case , like I mentionned earlier, was so hot I could not keep my
hand on it. That means the components inside were a lot hotter.

One display unit on an open panel did not have the fan running...
others I checked and made sure the fan WAS running. Temps that day
were high 80's...

If I installed one I would use an aux fan on it.

THREE displays in a row, side by each, would REALLY be a "hot part of
the panel".

Dave



On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:23:53 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Dave,

It gets REALLY hot....


What did they have to say about that?

Dave wrote:
They said it was tested to operate on ambient temps up to 100 F, (or
more) agreed that it did run hot, and suggested it was due to heat
generated by the bright display..


Only tested to 100 F? They won't be selling a lot of those to pilots
that fly in the South and Southwest during the summer.

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
They said it was tested to operate on ambient temps up to 100 F, (or
more) agreed that it did run hot, and suggested it was due to heat
generated by the bright display..


Only tested to 100 F? They won't be selling a lot of those to pilots that fly
in the South and Southwest during the summer.

Really. I would think they would be tested to at least 120. Hotter than that,
when the plane is first opened up in the afternoon.

I think I would go for an exhaust, rather than a fan, unless it was winter.
Without exhaust, it would make a hot cockpit in the summer even hotter.
--
Jim in NC

Only tested to 100 F? They won't be selling a lot of those to pilots that
fly in the South and Southwest during the summer.

Really. I would think they would be tested to at least 120. Hotter than
that, when the plane is first opened up in the afternoon.

We've got a digital thermometer in our panel that goes blank-screen at 124
degrees. It's almost always blank in the summer.

I sure hope they tested it to hotter than 100!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:9u9Oj.126185$yE1.7903@attbi_s21:

Only tested to 100 F? They won't be selling a lot of those to pilots
that fly in the South and Southwest during the summer.

Really. I would think they would be tested to at least 120. Hotter
than that, when the plane is first opened up in the afternoon.

We've got a digital thermometer in our panel that goes blank-screen at
124 degrees. It's almost always blank in the summer.

I sure hope they tested it to hotter than 100!

Yeh, god forbid you should use your head to go flying instead.


Bertie

He said up to 100 F "at least".

I think it is in the specs, I will see if I can find them


Dave




.....On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:04 -0500, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote:

Dave wrote:
They said it was tested to operate on ambient temps up to 100 F, (or
more) agreed that it did run hot, and suggested it was due to heat
generated by the bright display..


Only tested to 100 F? They won't be selling a lot of those to pilots
that fly in the South and Southwest during the summer.