[Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride

[Jerry Muller]

Ah, tailwheel. I did my first tailwheel training in a 7KCAB. Fun airplane. 
Get tired of flying right side up, turn it over and fly it upside down, but 
not over 2 minutes (I was taught not to fly inverted more than 1 minute and 
keep your eye on the oil pressure).

Oh well, I digress. One important thing is if you are going to get power 
from the cig lighter plug, make sure it's not a 28 volt airplane like my 182 
was. That can trash a radio right quick.

Many transatlantic light plane flights used a trailing wire antenna run out 
the door through an insulating tube with a tennis ball on the end of the 
wire. They roll it out when they're in the air and roll it back in before 
landing. With the tennis ball on the end, it keeps the wire straight and out 
of the flight controls.

Jerry - K0TV/CFII exp 8/2011

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAMES ROGERS" <w4atk at bellsouth.net>
To: "Mark Bayern" <plcmark at gmail.com>
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride


> No harder than towing a banner. And that was like shooting fish in a 
> barrel with my Citabria. I can tell a lot of you have never flown off of a 
> duster strip. :-))  Oh for the good old days......
>
> 73s Jim
> On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Mark Bayern wrote:
>
>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need
>>
>> A trailing wire should exit the plane _behind_ the rudder and
>> elevators which is not an easy feat to accomplish. Then you should get
>> approval for the installation -- once again not all that easy.
>>
>> A simple trailing wire might not be all that simple
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, JAMES ROGERS <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need if your K2 has the built in 
>>> antenna tuner. It is best if you can trail the wire from the rear most 
>>> point on the plane. You do not want to interfere with the controls.
>>> This was the standard aircraft antenna back in the days before VHF.
>>>
>>> Jim, W4ATk
>>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Patrick DalPorto wrote:
>>>
>
> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK
> w4atk at bellsouth.net
> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk
> K3/100 P3
> K2/10
>
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>
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