CorvAircraft> another great flight, and WW visit + inductive pick up ID.

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Hey Mark, That ignition looks pretty interesting. Why not go with dual crane
units and be rid of the points and condensors all together?
On another note, I am trying to identify an inductive pick up unit that I
have here. It comes as standard equipment with the VDO tach from Jabiru but
is not a VDO product (I don't think) It is used to drive the tach. It is in
a sealed plastic bag and has the words "Made in USA"  on it as well as the
following number : 304-166. This thing looks like it was constructed in the
end fitting of a bicycle brake cable (The threaded section with the lock nut
on it to adjust the cable tension. It has thin red and black wires exiting
the back of it with the letters RS 304 printed on the heat shrink. I don't
have an RS catalogue handy so it might be an RS part number. I would like to
use six of these to drive my six independant ignition systems on my  3100
vair motor. It is so small, I bet six of them won't even equal the weight of
a single set of points.
Thanks
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: avlec at telkomsa.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Langford" <n56ml at hiwaay.net>
To: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" <corvaircraft at mylist.net>
Cc: "KRnet" <krnet at mylist.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:21 AM
Subject: CorvAircraft> another great flight, and WW visit


> VairHeads,
>
> I just got back from another great sunset flight.  I've been feeling
crappy
> all day, so I just hung around the house and cleaned up the basement some.
> Besides, you couldn't have flown today unless you were IFR qualified
anyway.
> But at about 6PM it cleared up and calmed down to the point that I
couldn't
> stand it anymore and went flying.  In 1.5 hours I visited three airports
and
> did 12 touch-n-goes, three of which were at Moontown, a short grass field
> with a critical audience of real pilots standing around at Gordy's hangar.
> Gordy's pretty much the ultimate pilot, having flown A-10s in the Air
Force,
> now flies formation in his Yak52 with a bunch of other Yaks and SNJs, and
> basically the "only" Lionheart pilot, etc.  I managed to do three
> respectable  3-point landings in a row, and then a "missed approach" that
> was probably pretty impressive from the ground.
>
> That KR is really a hoot.  And with the advent of the 3100cc engine, the
> "Tornado" and the little mufflers, this thing is really sweet.  Although
> I'll have this assembly balanced next time I see Arnold Holmes, it sure
> feels smooth to me!  It would have to be a rotary to be any nicer.
>
> Last weekend I visited for a couple of days with William Wynne and Grace
> Ellen.  That was really great, because I usually see them at SNF, OSH, or
a
> Corvair College, and I really can't get to him because he's so busy
helping
> or explaining stuff to other people.  This time I got to talk to him until
> 3AM.  Not over a couple of beers, but over hard work at the mill, the
> grinder, and the welder.  More on that at
> http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flights/undisclosed/ ...
>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama
> see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
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>
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