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Re: [FlyRotary] FW: [Wing] Racetech RV6A Forced
Landing (f
A very relevant topic as rotaries
can have the same problem.
I think it is very foolish to fly on
one alternator and battery, at least have an isolated battery to
switch over to which would have saved this guys day.
I have two alternators and batteries
and I have had an alternator failure twice and it was no big deal as I
just went about my weekend of flying and fixed it when I got
home.
In the event of a charging failure I
can instantly switch everything over to the second battery and then
flip a crossover switch to charge the dead battery, once charged I
isolate it to keep it as a spare in case the other alternator
dies.
Ken
This is a little off topic, but just a
few days ago Leon had sent a link to
the SDS Racetech site describing their RV6. And now they are making
news and
not the good kind. Nobody hurt and the plane is already being
repaired.
I thought I should post this even though it is a
Subaru powered aircraft
because it shows what can happen to an electrically dependant
engine.
Todd Bartrim (happy to have a built-in voltage alarm on EFIS,
radio,
x-ponder, GPS & EM2)
02/07/05 A Forced Landing
On January 22/05 we were conducting
leaning experiments with the WMS
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