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NOW, that does not explain why it was working at
first....but in this case I really don't care what is WAS doing as long it
is it working well now...SNIP....THANKS GUYS FOR HELP HOLD THIS JUNIOR ELECTICIANS HAND!!!! YOU ARE ALL VERY APPRICIATED. THANKS DAVE.
I wouldnt go as far as to say "incompetent" Chris. This is an oops.. nothing more and nothing less. For the others out there, yes, we had lost the stock switches long ago (cleaned hangar one too many times) and I had a "box o stuff" with unlabelled radioshack switches. When I referred Chris to the switches, I didn't think to test them to determine wether they were (ON) <normally open momentary closed> or (OFF) < normally closed, momentarily open> switches. If you aren't electrically inclined, and dont use the stock switches that Tracy provides, remember that "open" means no power through the switch and "closed" means power flows through/circuit enabled. So when it says normally closed, that means the function is continuously enabled, and pushing the momentary button DISABLES the circuit.
Up until this point our gremlins had all been high probability of being connector/termination related. Chris is having the same issues now with crimps and terminations that I was having a year ago when I worked on the avionics harnesses. Due to my scheduling and extracurriculars, I've not been at the airport as much, and Chris has stepped into the void with regards to wiring. As we have corrected the terminations and crimps with the D-subs, we fixed one problem which enabled another problem (the switches). I attribute this to the reason that this problem did not rear its head initially. As the quality of our work improved, the other problem came to light.
Its actually been like this with our entire experience since we got the thing cranking. We find one issue, and fix it, which allows us to discover the NEXT issue and fix that, which allows us to discover yet another issue. I want to emphasize that the engine, the prop, and the peripherals are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. Its just that we are slowing "fixing" things OF OUR OWN DOING that are causing mixed signals - manifold air leaks, loose grounds and connections, and now improper switches. So our troubles should not be considered teething problems as much as they are "attention to detail issues" on both of our parts.
Not unlike the probs John Slade was having because the two oil injector ports on his rotor housing were not plugged. Wasn't John's fault, but that of his rebuilder. Or the wiring probs John had along the way - I think he smoke tested a few boxes before it was sorted out. He's flying now and having a blast. I say this because there has been at least one contact to Chris offlist where someone was becoming skeptical of the rotary because of our "problems".
Dave
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