And Rusty, should apologize for making me feel like a complete
stone. He starts building his RV-8 over 4 years after me,
finishes and flies it, then put it up for sale, all before mine is
done. A pox on you Rusty! BTW, I still can't figure
out how people part with something that takes so much
blood, sweat & tears to build. Maybe I'm overly prone to
developing emotional attachments to machines.
But mine is coming along after deciding to devote some uninterrupted
"RV-8 only" days on it. Still waiting on Blue Mountain to
return the EFIS 1 from updating before I can re-install the panel.
Fly-by-wire finally finished.
I always underestimate the time required to integrate and
package stuff. The power lever position sensor alone took a full week to
design and prototype. Came out really neat though and I think I will
like the very light feel of the throttle control made possible by the FBW
approach. I did retain the variable friction adjustment on the quadrant
just in case it feels wrong to have so little resistance.
Did a few of the inevitable re-dos on several coolant fittings and plugs
that leaked. As much as I like J B Weld and epoxy putty, NEVER
use it to plug unused coolant ports like the heater port and the rotor housing
coolant ports on turbo housings. They will always develop hair-line leaks
around the perimeter after a few thermal cycles.
Tracy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:05
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: wire
routing
apologize for my ingnorance:
As well you should :-)
Who is
John Cleese?
John Cleese is one of
the funniest men of all times. He is best known as a member of
Monty Python, but has done lots of other work as well, including the Fawlty
Towers show, which was just
hilarious.
Cheers,
Rusty (Ni, Ni)