[Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride

[WILLIS COOKE]

I may be an old stick in the mud but I prefer to keep the wheels pointed down 
and the oil on the belly rather than the canopy.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ 




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From: stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net>
To: list at k0tv.com
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net; plcmark at gmail.com
Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 9:26:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride

This might be terribly obvious  (hopefully!) but....a trailing wire with 
a weight at the end going 100+ knots IAS is going to put quite on strain 
on the K2 BNC connector ;)  Might want to plan for that.

I've been a ham 51 years and a pilot for 37.  Never felt comfortable 
mixing the two activities.  Preferred to monitor the steady drone of the 
engine and case the scrolling  terrain for a flat, clear piece of real 
estate in case of sudden silence.  Stuff happens.

Regarding Citabrias - yup, they're fun.  CAP10Bs were even funner.  And 
you could fly inverted all day long and come home with an oil-free 
belly.

73,


Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years!
QCWA #35038  OOTC #4558  NAQCC #4740  SKCC #6488  FISTS #14992 QRP 
ARCI #14321




On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Jerry Muller wrote:

> 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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