Grreetings!! I am returning to aircraft ownership after 15 years. the other day, I was looking to purchase an airplane that I saw advertised. The price and features looked real good, EVERYTHING i wanted!! except it had a run out engine. over 2100 hrs. they we're asking about $ 28,000 for the...

Grreetings!! I am returning to aircraft ownership after 15 years. the other day, I was looking to purchase an airplane that I saw advertised. The price and features looked real good, EVERYTHING i wanted!! except it had a run out engine. over 2100 hrs. they we're asking about $ 28,000 for the...

Grreetings!! I am returning to aircraft ownership after 15 years. the other day, I was looking to purchase an airplane that I saw advertised. The price and features looked real good, EVERYTHING i wanted!! except it had a run out engine. over 2100 hrs. they we're asking about $ 28,000 for the...

Hi all, I recently sold my Beech Sundowner because the fixed costs were too high to justify. Beautiful airplane and I miss her! The plan was to just rent for awhile, but that's quickly growing old. I've been toying with the idea of buying a later model Alon Aircoupe for local fun flying. I can...

Is there one? I would like a brighter landing light -- but I ain't paying $800 for it! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

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List message posted by: Scott Bilinski Is there any way to tell if your alternator is on its last leg? What are the signs? Stator: Failure in Stator rectifiers. I have had diodes in the stator rectifier fail open-circuit, meaning that the alternator delivers only...

Scenarios: #1. Most planes have an over-voltage protection that opens the circuit to the alternator field windings. Let's say that while the alternator is delivering about 30amps (lights, avionics, pitot heat, etc) - the OVR gets tripped, causing the alternator field to be dropped immediately to...

Tell me what you think about this issue: I flew 4443H ('79 Mooney 201) Saturday morning for a couple of hours. One time during the flight, for about 5 minutes the High / Low voltage light was flickering. It did stop flickering, the ammeter wasn't showing a discharge, and the battery voltage...

Occasionally, notably when the battery is in a minorly discharged state (but not always), I'll get an alternator offline indicator light and see the ammeter go negative. This will either disappear immediately on its own or require an alternator switch off/on reset by the book. It's...

My 1980 B-55 has uneven load distribution on the two alternators, with the right side consistently reading around 15% lower than the left. Is this an indication of a problem with the alternator like a bad diode, or is this normal operating behavior?

I know that this is another frequent topic, but I'm hoping that someone can help narrow this down for me. I have a rebuilt Chrysler alternator (from Electrosystems) on my Cherokee that was installed about 400 hours ago. However, I am experiencing alternator whine that varies with engine speed,...

Thanks to all for the suggestions on this topic. I spoke with a guy at Electrosystems (now Kelly Aerospace) about this particular problem and he mentioned the most common cause as one of the following: 1 -- One or more failing diodes; 2 -- Inadequate grounding between engine and airframe; 3 --...

(I have only "seen" this plane on the telephone, but the folks I am trying to help were pretty clear about the symptoms) The basic problem is alternator noise on the transmitted carrier, receive is OK, and alternator noise is not apparent anywhere else in the plane. The pitch of the noise...

The other day, I was flying and noticed that my ammeter guage was reading 0 (it had been reading fine for a long portion of the flight.) Also, I had been running a lap-top from the cigar lighter plug for the first time ever. I turned-off virtually all electric devices and continued to my...

Hello! I've got an expensive opportunity on the go. My electrical generation system failed in the Pitts a couple of weeks ago. Had to get jump started at Le Touquet to come back across the Channel, then again at Lydd to get home. Not fun, I can tell you, but folks were immensely helpful at...

Hi, I 'm an italian student(then excuse for my english)and i've a problem with my alternator(120 ampere installed on a Lycoming 360);my problem is the broken of the wire on the terminal of my alternator,the terminal is intact but the wire result as cut. The reason for me is the high vibraction in...

I'm looking for advice to help shorten the trouble-shooting process here. My Arrow has developed an alternator whine over the past few hours. It is *barely, barely" noticable on both radios when receiving, but loud and obnoxious (both to me and other aircraft) when transmitting. No doubt it...

How close should an altimeter be to field elevation when set to the pressure indicated by the field's AWOS? I'm seeing a 50' error.

Okay, so I finally figured out how to turn the XM radio off without killing all audio output from the 496. (It's not as easy as it should be...) This has enabled us to finally hear the little "Southwest Airlines" chime, followed by bitchin' Betty purring "Altitude...500 feet..." through our...