Gentlemen,
I've been following this thread, and find that I now have something new to
worry about on long trips.  Not wanting to experience aileron loss, I was
thinking about possible solutions to the issue, other than eliminating the
belts.  What do you think about installing an aluminum cover over the push
tubes in the firewall area.  I don't think that it would be very difficult
to fabricate a lightweight cover.  It could even be made out of fiberglass,
for those of us who don't have mind working with it.

Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV N75CZ

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From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On
Behalf Of Ernest Christley
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:11 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: PM alternator/generator with EWP


paul wrote:

> Hi, Ernest....it would be wonderful for us canard builders to be able to
> get rid of the belts, as they are located very close to our aileron
> push-pull tubes. The loss of a belt could also mean the loss of aileron
> control. Converting to an EWP is of course, easy.  If I can find a way
> to eliminate the belt to an alternator, I will be a happy camper indeed
> !!!!  Please continue sharing any information you may find.  Thanks for
> sharing your ideas.  Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000 canard
>

The encouragement is very heartening, Paul.  So far I have nothing but
an idea, some napkin scribbling, a LOT of guesses and a contact for an
electrical engineer that specializes in generators.  My biggest concern
is "what does a rotating magnetic field do to the ignition timing
pickup?"  How close can you put an alternator/generator to this thing
and still get reliable ignition timing?

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instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."


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