X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:45 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 910213 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:53:47 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.64; envelope-from=rtitsworth@mindspring.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=swMQQ7PF2e3QEj727BDaiBC0kKH5E+geP652sXEqB0/aVEgQCSXlkCFLfcb8sgTR; h=Received:Reply-To:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:In-Reply-To:Thread-Index:Message-ID:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [68.40.94.44] (helo=RDTVAIO) by smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EtQ7R-0000DK-E9 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:53:01 -0500 Reply-To: From: "richard titsworth" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Connectors X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 08:52:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C60F79.E9460F20" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcYPUBrqIHHKdpatQw68LFIYhmt79wAU7U4g X-Original-Message-ID: X-ELNK-Trace: b17f11247b2ac8f0a79dc4b33984cbaa0a9da525759e2654fbd2738556684a4d90fb23345e8ef0d5350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 68.40.94.44 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C60F79.E9460F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _____ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of RWolf99@aol.com Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:54 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Connectors Greyhawk writes -- <> Actually, it is much, much worse. Not on orbit, of course, but on the rocket ride up there. I have witnessed vibration testing to the spectrum which these things are qualified -- it makes our prehistoric 4-bangers seem as smooth as turbines. Roll your stereo down a long flight of stairs and you'll begin to get a feeling for what spacecraft have to survive. I asked the electronics guys at work (Aviation Technology Group, makers of the Javelin Jet) which connectors I should use. They (very apologetically) told me that the MS38999 connectors were the only way to go. They know these are the expensive ones -- these guys used to work on kitplanes as well and know where we're coming from. They told me that I was going to be spending a pile of money on connectors but that it would be money well spent for reliability. It's basically the same thing that Brent is saying -- cheap connectors are false economy. Use the good ones, and you'll be paying so much for them that you'll only install them where you really need them. I do not know if MS38999 connectors (known as "thirty-eight triple-nine" connectors) are the same connectors as the AMP Circular Plastic Connectors that Brent recommends. - Rob Wolf ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C60F79.E9460F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

 

From: = Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of RWolf99@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 01, = 2006 10:54 PM
To: Lancair Mailing = List
Subject: [LML] = Connectors

 

Greyhawk writes = --

 

=

<<Spacecraft just don't = shake like a four-cylinder engine.>>

 

=

Actually, it is much, much = worse.  Not on orbit, of course, but on the rocket ride up there.  I have witnessed vibration testing to the spectrum which these things are = qualified -- it makes our prehistoric 4-bangers seem as smooth as turbines.  = Roll your stereo down a long flight of stairs and you'll begin to get a feeling = for what spacecraft have to survive.

 

=

I asked the electronics guys at = work (Aviation Technology Group, makers of the Javelin Jet) which connectors I should use.  They (very apologetically) told me that the MS38999 = connectors were the only way to go.  They know these are the expensive ones -- = these guys used to work on kitplanes as well and know where we're coming = from.  They told me that I was going to be spending a pile of money on connectors = but that it would be money well spent for = reliability.

 

=

It's basically the same thing that = Brent is saying -- cheap connectors are false economy.  Use the good = ones, and you'll be paying so much for them that you'll only install them where = you really need them.

 

=

I do not know if MS38999 = connectors (known as "thirty-eight triple-nine" connectors) are the same connectors as the AMP Circular Plastic Connectors that Brent = recommends.

 

=

- Rob = Wolf

------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C60F79.E9460F20--