[ARC5] Zener Question and P-61 Info

[Bob Macklin]

When over water ditching is the better option. Unless the aircraft is on 
fire or disintegrating.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
Cc: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Zener Question and P-61 Info


> Which has a better chance of the crew surviving? Ditching or bailing out?
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> Best,
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> -John
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>> If you get lost you don't bail out until you are out of fuel. If you are
>> over water you ditch rather than bailing out.
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:31 AM
>> Subject: [ARC5] Zener Question and P-61 Info
>>
>>
>>> Stupid question:
>>>
>>> As far as limiting PS output voltage why could you not take a suitably
>>> rated zener and put it in SERIES with the B+ line?  For low current
>>> drain
>>> levels I think this would "clip" the voltage by the rating of the zener,
>>> wouldn't it?
>>>
>>> This would not provide regulation but simply a constant voltage drop,
>>> which is what I think you want to run a Command Set safely.
>>>
>>> So if you have a PS that is putting out 300V and you want 250 or less
>>> put
>>> a 60V zener in series to get it down.
>>>
>>> Also over at http://www.nightfighter.us/ there is a description of a
>>> P-61
>>> RO WWII experiences.  And it seems they lost an airplane because the
>>> intercom failed!  With a failed intercom the pilot could not get radar
>>> navigation help from the RO and they got lost and bailed out.  Seems
>>> absurd but I can see how that would happen in such a case.
>>>
>>> Wayne
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