Return-Path: Received: from [216.52.245.18] (HELO ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 245981 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:02:16 -0400 Received: from 7n7z201 (unverified [67.136.145.253]) by ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com (Vircom SMTPRS 3.1.302.0) with SMTP id for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 07:01:37 -0700 Message-ID: <00e501c4642a$e9104c60$fd918843@7n7z201> From: "William" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Into the blue again :-) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:37:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005B_01C463A1.790EE400" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C463A1.790EE400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Blue Mountain now uses a flash card that downloads the data from a DVD = disk while on the ground. Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser # 4045 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Finn Lassen=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:26 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Into the blue again :-) Hmmm.... Doesn't the Blue Mountain and other glass panels use = harddrives?=20 I thought that the inside of a harddrive was sealed. Picking a random drive on Seagate's website: Environmental=20 Operating Temperature (=B0C) 0 to 60 Nonoperating Temperature (=B0C) 70 to -40 Operating Shock (Gs) @ 2 msec 63 Non Operating Shock (Gs) @ 2 msec 350 Acoustics,Idle (Bels-typ sound power) 2.2 No mention of ambient pressure. Finn Ed Anderson wrote: Boy, now here is an example of what kind of information we have access = to on this list. Now that Ernest mentions it, yeah, I recall that the heads = of the hard disk float on a cushion of air - but, I would never have = thought to associate altitude with hard drive crashes! Thanks Ernest. Ed Ed Anderson RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 5:48 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Into the blue again :-) Haywire wrote: Message Today we flew for 6.3 hrs and everything was great again. = We calibrated a few items including the electronic governor for the IVO prop. What a difference that makes. Also calibrated the PSS AOA and the = Dynon AOA and they each are phenomenal tools. The engine is running great with = no major issues at all. I do have a little tweaking to do on the low MAP table, but nothing urgent. Then only problem that I had today was that my = Sony Vaio laptop doesn't seem to like high altitude. I have a small Vaio and = have built a place for it to mount easily and use it to display Jeppenson's FlightMap in-flight GPS program. It works great until 10,300' where it would then display the blue screen and then reboot. After the 4th time it refused to reboot again so now I'm forced to use the system recovery disc and wipe the disc clean. I hate to think about all the files that I said I = would back-up soon... :-(. My old laptop still works fine(using it now) so maybe I'll try it tomorrow. All hard drives have a spinning platter with a read/write head = riding a cushion of air just above it. Go to 10,300' and there isn't much of a cushion left. The head will fall into the platter turning at 7500 or 10000 rpm. I think you'll be lucky if the drive ever works again. --=20 http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html =20 Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html =20 ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C463A1.790EE400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Blue Mountain now uses a flash card = that downloads=20 the data from a DVD disk while on the ground.
 
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Finn=20 Lassen
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 = 7:26=20 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Into = the blue=20 again :-)

Hmmm.... Doesn't the Blue Mountain and other glass = panels use=20 harddrives?
I thought that the inside of a harddrive was=20 sealed.
Picking a random drive on Seagate's = website:

Environmental=20
Operating Temperature (=B0C) 0 to 60
Nonoperating Temperature = (=B0C) 70 to=20 -40
Operating Shock (Gs) @ 2 msec 63
Non Operating Shock (Gs) @ = 2 msec=20 350
Acoustics,Idle (Bels-typ sound power) 2.2

No mention of ambient=20 pressure.

Finn

Ed Anderson wrote:
Boy, now here is an example of what kind of information we =
have access to on
this list.  Now that Ernest mentions it, yeah, I recall that the heads =
of
the hard disk float on a cushion of air - but, I would never have =
thought to
associate altitude with hard drive crashes!  Thanks Ernest.

Ed


Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.n=
et>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Into the blue again :-)


  
Haywire wrote:
    
Message    Today we flew =
for 6.3 hrs and everything was great again. We
calibrated a few items including the electronic governor for the IVO
      
prop.
  
What a difference that =
makes. Also calibrated the PSS AOA and the Dynon
      
AOA
  
and they each are =
phenomenal tools. The engine is running great with no
major issues at all. I do have a little tweaking to do on the low MAP
      
table,
  
but nothing urgent. Then =
only problem that I had today was that my Sony
      
Vaio
  
laptop doesn't seem to =
like high altitude. I have a small Vaio and have
built a place for it to mount easily and use it to display Jeppenson's
FlightMap in-flight GPS program. It works great until 10,300' where it
      
would
  
then display the blue =
screen and then reboot. After the 4th time it
      
refused
  
to reboot again so now =
I'm forced to use the system recovery disc and
      
wipe
  
the disc clean. I hate to =
think about all the files that I said I would
back-up soon... :-(. My old laptop still works fine(using it now) so
      
maybe
  
I'll try it tomorrow.
      
All hard drives have a spinning =
platter with a read/write head riding a
cushion of air just above it.  Go to 10,300' and there isn't much of a
cushion left.  The head will fall into the platter turning at 7500 or
10000 rpm.  I think you'll be lucky if the drive ever works again.

--=20
http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/<=
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   alleviated by information and experience."
                                   Veeduber

    
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