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Matt,
I had NO electric and therefore no transponder, no lights, no nuttng. The weather was good 600 miles ahead. The weather was all thunderstorms where I was. I could navigate well with my Garmin 296. I didn't see a problem continuing in cruise mode. I know that I didn't want to shoot an approach where I was with no aircraft electrics.
Lorn
From: "Matt Hapgood" <matt.hapgood@alumni.duke.edu>
Date: May 25, 2005 5:34:01 AM GMT-04:00
You may be glad you had mags, but I'm not sure that in the same situation I would continue flight. Did your battery charge sufficiently to provide power to the transponder, navigation lights, etc?
Matt
After about 20 minutes of flying the current into the battery went from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 amps before the alternator circuit breaker (CB) blew. I shut off the master and let everything cool off for 15 minutes. I am sure glad that I have magnetos. I hand flew the plane using my handheld Garmin. I then reset the CB, turned on the master and then the alternator. The system charged for about 3 minutes and then shutdown again. I turned the charging system back on every 10 minutes for the next 2 hours and finally the charging current went below 40 amps and stayed on. I tested the battery temperature by hand and estimate that the battery got to about 140°F.
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,000 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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