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Electrical System Design for 2 Stroke Engines

 
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:19 pm    Post subject: Electrical System Design for 2 Stroke Engines Reply with quote

At 12:23 PM 2/25/2006 -0800, you wrote:

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Bob and all,
I, and a lot of other UL aircraft owners are going to have to
register and N number our aircraft in the next year. If we want to use
our aircraft to take the practical test we will have to install certain
instruments. In addition, many of us will need ELTTs and transponders to
operate them. Most of these aircraft will require some sort of electrical
system to support this equipment. Most of these aircraft have Rotax or
other 2 stroke engines. I want to design and install the most reliable
system I can. What basic design considerations can you tell me to follow.


Bill,

My sense is that you're new to both the Owner Built and Maintained
(OBAM) aircraft community and to this List-server. Welcome! I'll
suggest that you've chosen a good place from which to launch
your inquiries. I trust that others on the List will join me
in helping expand your horizons both in knowledge and understanding
that helps you achieve your goals.

May I suggest that you have two avenues of inquiry to pursue?
The first is the science and art of crafting an electrical system
that is an elegant solution of lowest cost of ownership with
the greatest utility. The second is identification of the materials,
tools and skills for turning ideas into functional hardware.

On the first task, may I suggest you cruise the down-load materials
available at:

http://aeroelectric.com/Downloads.html

Just glance at these items just to get a feel for what they offer
and as a reference as to where to come back and get them as
needed. In particular, read the chapter from The AeroElectric Connection
on system reliability . . . you can get it at:

http://www.aeroelectric.com/8-%3E9/ch17-9.pdf

Of course, the system you're going to need is VERY simple compared
with those being installed in the majority of OBAM aircraft . . . but
the reliability chapter is more about an attitude that suggests
failure tolerance is much easier to achieve than failure proof.

A potential architecture for your project is illustrated in
Figure Z-16 of:

http://aeroelectric.com/articles/Rev11/AppZ_R11E.pdf

For hardware, there are dozens of sources. Look at:

http://bandc.biz/

http://steinair.com/

http://aircraftspruce.com/

http://wicksaircraft.com/

http://terminaltown.com/

. . . just to name a few.

Okay, now that you have sampled the water from the fire-hose,
you're faced with selection decisions both in the philosophy
and the application of ideas. That's where this List will help.

Ask questions . . . and include the background in your thinking
that formed the question. There are over 1300 folks on the list -
many have the same questions.

They're watching this list go by because they find value in what's
offered. You can help increase the value by posing questions
that dozens of folks are willing to ponder the options and offer
suggestions . . . to the benefit of many more than yourself.

Bob . . .


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