With this in mind, I rewired the trim tab wiring using shielded cable? (grounded? only on the panel end), and kept it well clear of the radio.......
? ?As you can tell in the attached photo,there's no room on the panel for the rocker switch so I'm thinking about mounting a rocker type stick grip switch. The trim indicator can go on the panel somewhere between the gages or to far left side of panel . Looks like I have no other option. ? ?To answer your previous post about having flaps, belly board and header tank and the affects the C of G trim setting ..good point.The previous owner builder, Ed said he did not ever use his trim tab.He actually glued it-non functional. He controlled his descent with mere power settings. ? ?I can tell you're an an engineer. My flying buddy is a mechanical engineer/pilot and he always looks deeper into everything that matters than most do. Most of us think on the surface of things.I'm one who learns the hard way more from experiences. ? ?I have a 10 gallon header tank. ?I do not have flaps or a belly board to slow her down so I assume the trim tab and power setting will be all I have to work with. ?I've heard the retractable gear and the RAF48 airfoil can generate ground affect. I don't want to add anymore features like fixed gear or belly board If I don't need them. Before rebuilding the tail feathers the empty weight was ~479 pounds.? Thanks again for your clear insight . I do appreciate you and all the other KR flying members spending time commenting and advising me and so many other builders here on the KRnet. I thank you and everyone involved here. ? ? Joe Cruz....cruzj12 at frontiernet.net On Monday, May 12, 2014 5:38 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: Joe Cruz wrote: >... how many green light bars will ever be lit up at one time? After thinking about this a bit more, only one LED lights at a time. Otherwise it might be distracting to have them all lit up at night.? The reason I know is because in N56ML, the three LEDs slightly "north" of the middle are dead on mine, killed by radio frequency energy.? I noticed from the beginning that keying the mic lit whichever LED the indicator was pointing at, above and beyond the normal level.? Eventually it killed three of them depending on which one was "indicating" at the time.? I attribute this to either the fact that my trim servo wiring ran along with the radio coax for a few inches before separation, and/or because the? trim power/signal wiring had a junction right at the center of the vertical stabilizer spars, which is where my radio antenna also split into two legs of the dipole.? Lots of power exiting the plane, at that point! With this in mind, I rewired the trim tab wiring using shielded cable (grounded? only on the panel end), and kept it well clear of the radio. Disclaimer:? Please assume that any verbiage above was intended to be helpful, rather than hurtful.? Any perceived insults, innuendo, belittlement, or questioning of manhood was purely unintentional... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 102_0228_resized.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 280793 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20140512/96c3f1a8/attachment.jpg>
