AOA indicator pinout

Dan wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

Morgans wrote:

"Dan" wrote

Mine reads to + 30º. I am finishing out an instrument panel for
an airplane I will never be able to afford to complete. My own design.



Hmmm, interesting.

Now that our curiosity is aroused, care to tell us more?

Planform, construction materials/methods, approximate performance
parameters, locomotion, how many places?

So many questions! ;-))



1/2 scale A-10, aluminum, Vne 350ish, range on internal fuel at 75%
approximately 400 miles, ducted fan (7,000 rpm-ish), 1 place. It
started as an mind exercise based on my headroom requirements not
being available in any homebuilt design plus A-10 being a rather neat
aircraft. I'm not going to build it because I will probably never get
my medical back, but I make sub assemblies for the fun of it. I have
made two main instrument panels for it, one IFR the other VFR. It's
occupational therapy

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


I thought about building a cockpit simulator - for similar reasons.
Decided to go sailing instead.

But I certainly understand...

Richard


Sailing has its advantages not the least of which is no FAA. I haven't
been sailing in decades, maybe I should build a boat instead.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


if you want to build, build.
If you want to fly, buy.

Works the same with boats.

cavelamb himself wrote:
Dan wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

Morgans wrote:

"Dan" wrote

Mine reads to + 30º. I am finishing out an instrument panel for
an airplane I will never be able to afford to complete. My own
design.



Hmmm, interesting.

Now that our curiosity is aroused, care to tell us more?

Planform, construction materials/methods, approximate performance
parameters, locomotion, how many places?

So many questions! ;-))



1/2 scale A-10, aluminum, Vne 350ish, range on internal fuel at
75% approximately 400 miles, ducted fan (7,000 rpm-ish), 1 place. It
started as an mind exercise based on my headroom requirements not
being available in any homebuilt design plus A-10 being a rather
neat aircraft. I'm not going to build it because I will probably
never get my medical back, but I make sub assemblies for the fun of
it. I have made two main instrument panels for it, one IFR the other
VFR. It's occupational therapy

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


I thought about building a cockpit simulator - for similar reasons.
Decided to go sailing instead.

But I certainly understand...

Richard


Sailing has its advantages not the least of which is no FAA. I
haven't been sailing in decades, maybe I should build a boat instead.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


if you want to build, build.
If you want to fly, buy.

Works the same with boats.




See? There you go being practical again. I have plans for 12 - 16
foot sailboats. Maybe you can buy me a 42 footer for my birthday, it's 1
November

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

Morgans wrote:

"Dan" wrote

Mine reads to + 30º. I am finishing out an instrument panel for
an airplane I will never be able to afford to complete. My own
design.




Hmmm, interesting.

Now that our curiosity is aroused, care to tell us more?

Planform, construction materials/methods, approximate performance
parameters, locomotion, how many places?

So many questions! ;-))




1/2 scale A-10, aluminum, Vne 350ish, range on internal fuel at
75% approximately 400 miles, ducted fan (7,000 rpm-ish), 1 place.
It started as an mind exercise based on my headroom requirements
not being available in any homebuilt design plus A-10 being a
rather neat aircraft. I'm not going to build it because I will
probably never get my medical back, but I make sub assemblies for
the fun of it. I have made two main instrument panels for it, one
IFR the other VFR. It's occupational therapy

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired



I thought about building a cockpit simulator - for similar reasons.
Decided to go sailing instead.

But I certainly understand...

Richard



Sailing has its advantages not the least of which is no FAA. I
haven't been sailing in decades, maybe I should build a boat instead.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired



if you want to build, build.
If you want to fly, buy.

Works the same with boats.




See? There you go being practical again. I have plans for 12 - 16
foot sailboats. Maybe you can buy me a 42 footer for my birthday, it's 1
November

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Get a smaller boat to start with.
They are a lot more fun and a whole lot less hassle.
(and a whole lot less expensive!)

I might offer to sell my Catalina 18 for your birthday.
But ONLY because I have a lead on a Catalina 30.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/index.htm

Richard, U.S. Navy, retired

cavelamb himself wrote:
Dan wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dan wrote:

Morgans wrote:

"Dan" wrote

Mine reads to + 30º. I am finishing out an instrument panel
for an airplane I will never be able to afford to complete. My
own design.




Hmmm, interesting.

Now that our curiosity is aroused, care to tell us more?

Planform, construction materials/methods, approximate performance
parameters, locomotion, how many places?

So many questions! ;-))




1/2 scale A-10, aluminum, Vne 350ish, range on internal fuel at
75% approximately 400 miles, ducted fan (7,000 rpm-ish), 1 place.
It started as an mind exercise based on my headroom requirements
not being available in any homebuilt design plus A-10 being a
rather neat aircraft. I'm not going to build it because I will
probably never get my medical back, but I make sub assemblies for
the fun of it. I have made two main instrument panels for it, one
IFR the other VFR. It's occupational therapy

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired



I thought about building a cockpit simulator - for similar reasons.
Decided to go sailing instead.

But I certainly understand...

Richard



Sailing has its advantages not the least of which is no FAA. I
haven't been sailing in decades, maybe I should build a boat instead.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired



if you want to build, build.
If you want to fly, buy.

Works the same with boats.




See? There you go being practical again. I have plans for 12 - 16
foot sailboats. Maybe you can buy me a 42 footer for my birthday, it's
1 November

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Get a smaller boat to start with.
They are a lot more fun and a whole lot less hassle.
(and a whole lot less expensive!)

I might offer to sell my Catalina 18 for your birthday.
But ONLY because I have a lead on a Catalina 30.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/index.htm

Richard, U.S. Navy, retired


When I was in the Air Force I spent time at sea on Navy boats. My
primary function seemed to be getting lost on board those things. I
think I will stick to small boats.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Dan" wrote

When I was in the Air Force I spent time at sea on Navy boats. My
primary function seemed to be getting lost on board those things. I think
I will stick to small boats.

If you want to dink around on inland lakes, a 16 or 19 foot is fine. If you
want to sleep aboard or go out on the Great Lakes or the Oceans, you need to
think in the 23 foot and up range.

As far as the smaller ones being easy to sail on, my dad and I started on an
O'day 25, and it was not hard at all. You might want to look into O'day if
you are buying. Shoal draft, swing board keel, and not to hard to trailer
with a 3/4 ton van or truck, with at least a 350 engine. I think you can
find them with an inboard diesel, and that is the way to go. We started
with an outboard, and we converted it to an inboard Yanmar diesel. Tricky,
but my dad was an engineer, and we figured it out just fine. Plenty of room
to sleep aboard, but I don't think you would want to live aboard for very
long. You could, if it was just 2 people, and you put in some extras,
though.

I know what you mean about thinking of building a boat. The thought has
crossed my mind more than once.;-)

An airplane is more capable of getting to more places more rapidly, though!
(required aviation componentg)
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Dan" wrote

When I was in the Air Force I spent time at sea on Navy boats. My
primary function seemed to be getting lost on board those things. I think
I will stick to small boats.

If you want to dink around on inland lakes, a 16 or 19 foot is fine. If you
want to sleep aboard or go out on the Great Lakes or the Oceans, you need to
think in the 23 foot and up range.

As far as the smaller ones being easy to sail on, my dad and I started on an
O'day 25, and it was not hard at all. You might want to look into O'day if
you are buying. Shoal draft, swing board keel, and not to hard to trailer
with a 3/4 ton van or truck, with at least a 350 engine. I think you can
find them with an inboard diesel, and that is the way to go. We started
with an outboard, and we converted it to an inboard Yanmar diesel. Tricky,
but my dad was an engineer, and we figured it out just fine. Plenty of room
to sleep aboard, but I don't think you would want to live aboard for very
long. You could, if it was just 2 people, and you put in some extras,
though.

I know what you mean about thinking of building a boat. The thought has
crossed my mind more than once.;-)

An airplane is more capable of getting to more places more rapidly, though!
(required aviation componentg)

I did some ocean sailing on a wood Sailfish when I was in high
school. It was fun, but not recommended. I also did Hurricane Island
Outward Bound way back before 'lectricity was invented. Those pulling
boats were a gas.

Back to aviation content: I still need the pin out for the indicator.
I have no idea who made it so I can't contact the manufacturer.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired