X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f170.google.com ([209.85.216.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTPS id 6509056 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:14:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.170; envelope-from=billhogarty@gmail.com Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id m20so1189074qcx.15 for ; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:13:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ON2P1QCvfzRpbC5o84Vp0utnOPETJMPKVOdmwfM/rWk=; b=zvrKc1Ahip2jFgatNDw9XNELQ2NDSnXeqYRLxB/YqelApazIJdJpHA4N2Dkvgry0jm DO31LdEjZoNM1kJGx//Apm8Xlj16Cfik+IRna7ysuzDT+bs9oWI8+2LZdV+IidpuIUaM uuyv/rtZaBWYGZgh3qXoWZQ9HwNEtDzrkAeQONwlhG58yV3t1cuWVqz+QL3I8i+vCuL2 8URDc4WvjwLvPaNGMt+MjTBP5zqa+pgMQabne2Q+NO/PdFctLJr2YcciBAlizMSNwV5x 5wQaMZ2RrcQjvXtIuN7yX/aJkmQFrk/ZQxFleBCkUCF83btzrtHwP6C0qQZ7lDQBvAak g2hw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.109.170 with SMTP id ht10mr579596qeb.27.1381364026565; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:13:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.84.9 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 17:13:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 17:13:46 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Removing vacuum pump? From: "William A. Hogarty" To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bea41981bebe604e857e0d2 --047d7bea41981bebe604e857e0d2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I understood that the outflow valve was grounded whenever the gear switch was down. Is this wrong? Bill Hogarty On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Craig Berland wrote: > I have an all-electric airplane as well and chose to not have any vacuum > supplied to the Dukes valve. The only difference is the rate in which > pressurization starts building in the cabin on takeoff roll. Once > airborne, vacuum has no effect on the pressurization system. I choose to > apply power a little more slowly than some pilots. This prevents any > pressurization discomfort and typically I don't need any right brake to > hold centerline. Takeoff distance is not an issue. If I can land there, I > can easily takeoff there. I know one pilot who has developed an electronic > circuit to control a small electric vacuum pump based on the landing gear > position. So there are several options. In my opinion, keeping the engine > driven pump is the least desirable. > > Craig Berland > N7VG > > > Hello Dico, > You will need a vacuum port to the Dukes pressure valve for the > pressurization to work correctly, I do not have any gyro instruments either > but I needed to install an electric vacuum pump near the Dukes valve > Kamal T > N1104T > > > > > -- > For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > --047d7bea41981bebe604e857e0d2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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