They got this flexible solar panel that is so thin you could put it on the wing and not effect anything
-----Original Message----- From: "Chris Prata via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> Sent: ?1/?18/?2015 1:11 PM To: "krnet at list.krnet.org" <krnet at list.krnet.org> Subject: Re: KR> generator emissions what about a small slip-stream generator, maybe retractable-deployable, or solar panel under the canopy? > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:13:28 -0500 > To: ml at n56ml.com; krnet at list.krnet.org > Subject: Re: KR> generator emissions > From: krnet at list.krnet.org > > On 1/17/2015 11:13 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: > > KRnetHeads, > > > > > > > > But the most surprising thing about the flight was that with no > > generator charging it, the battery only dropped .2V in an hour of > > flight! This is a 6 year-old Odyssey 680 AGM battery that started > > N56ML for years. The Compufire is supposed to fire down to 7V...and > > then I have the backup battery at the flip of a switch. > > > > I have a new 680 that I bought during the starting troubles that > > appeared the day of the planned Chino flight. Might as well swap them > > and put the old one in place of the backup. Maybe I don't even need a > > generator anymore! just kiddin' there. > > > > I guess it's time to relearn how to use this ancient-but-expensive > > oscilloscope I inherited from Jim Hill several years ago... > > Tony B said " Put a starter on your plane. Recharge the battery > every night. > At fly in's, you will get 17 starts before your battery will cause > a problem" > Saves quite a bit of Alternator weight, Virg > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
