[Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride

George Cortez Jr ne2i at optonline.net
Thu Mar 3 04:17:39 EST 2011 

Ill leave the K2@ home and use my aircraft radio (AN Arc160) and 40 foot antenna. The biggest groundplane in the sky. 

George NE2I
Lockeed C5A Flight Engineer


On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

>  I actually prefer to keep the wheels on the ground (clean side up, 
> dirty side down, and keep it between the lines).  I know that is not as 
> adventuresome, but it makes a shorter distance to fall.  I have heard 
> that the height of the fall is not important - the important thing is 
> the sudden stop at the end.  One does not acquire a lot of potential 
> energy when less than 6 feet from the ground (compared to 600 feet or more).
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 3/2/2011 10:45 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 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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