Return-Path: Received: from [65.54.169.153] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3182745 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:03:17 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:03:17 -0700 Received: from 4.174.0.254 by BAY3-DAV123.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:03:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [4.174.0.254] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuse vs CB (was Re: Back from Sun & Fun) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:03:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0003_01C42798.9FC6E1A0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2004 16:03:17.0239 (UTC) FILETIME=[28A30870:01C427BA] ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C42798.9FC6E1A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, not simpler than a fuse, but then you can't reset a fuse {:>). =20 Ah, but I can replace the fuse, much easier than you can replace your CB = :-) Rusty =20 Oh, Yeah! Well, we need to have a contest to see if you can replace your = fuse as fast as I can push in my CB {:>) =20 As I mentioned I am not against fuses as I use them in all of my non-crit= ical systems. 2000 hours of flying in military aircraft which use CBs an= d the sucessful resetting of them has biased me toward CBs. Resetting do= es not always or even most of the time work, but my experiences show rese= tting does work on some occassions. It would make me very nervous about = flying with fuses in critical systems. Just my personal bias. Ed Got to go with Ed on this one. I got into a similar situation on my ear= lier electrical system (low bat charge current + flight systems demand po= ping breaker) and even though the breaker would continue to pop a few mi= nutes after reset, I was able to land at the airport with the fan turnin= g instead of an off-airport dead stick. Only takes one of these inciden= ts to become a CB believer. Tracy ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C42798.9FC6E1A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 

 
<= DIV>Well, not simpler than a fuse, but then y= ou can't reset a fuse {:>). 
 
Ah, but I can replace the fuse, much easier th= an you can replace your CB :-)
Rusty  <= /SPAN>
 
 
Oh, Yeah! Well, we need to have a contest to s= ee if you can replace your fuse as fast as I can push in my CB {:>)&nb= sp;
 
As = I mentioned I am not against fuses as I use them in all of my non-critica= l systems.  2000 hours of flying in military aircraft which use CBs = and the sucessful resetting of them has biased me toward CBs.  Reset= ting does not always or even most of the time work, but my experiences sh= ow resetting does work on some occassions.  It would make me very ne= rvous about flying with fuses in critical systems.  Just my personal= bias.
 
Ed=
 
Got to go with Ed on th= is one.   I got into a similar situation on my earlier electric= al system (low bat charge current + flight systems demand poping breaker)=   and even though the breaker would continue to pop a few minutes af= ter reset,  I was able to land at the airport with the fan turning i= nstead of an off-airport  dead stick.  Only takes one of these = incidents to become a CB believer.
 
Tracy
 
 
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