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Hint...Jameco Electronics has DOZENS of different gearhead DC motors for not a
lot of money. Of course, **I'd** never use an unapproved part in **MY** airplane, but... Jim Ron Rosenfeld shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -I'm still rebuilding the Grimes every two or three years. - - -Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:21:51 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:
Hint...Jameco Electronics has DOZENS of different gearhead DC motors for not a lot of money. Of course, **I'd** never use an unapproved part in **MY** airplane, but... Jim And if I were wanting to look for Jameco Electronics for some type of hobby motor, where might I find them? |
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![]() Abafon Goula wrote: And if I were wanting to look for Jameco Electronics for some type of hobby motor, where might I find them? http://www.jameco.com George Patterson Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more often to the physician than to the patient. |
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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 04:09:47 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote: Abafon Goula wrote: And if I were wanting to look for Jameco Electronics for some type of hobby motor, where might I find them? http://www.jameco.com Doh! |
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I replaced my old rotating beacon with a Whelen strobe unit and have been
very happy. There was no electrical interference, and with the comet flash the visibility is much better. |
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![]() "Abafon Goula" wrote in message ... On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:21:51 -0800, Jim Weir wrote: Hint...Jameco Electronics has DOZENS of different gearhead DC motors for not a lot of money. Of course, **I'd** never use an unapproved part in **MY** airplane, but... Jim And if I were wanting to look for Jameco Electronics for some type of hobby motor, where might I find them? I wouldn't put a Jameco motor in my Grimes beacon. First off, the thing that's there, even before it's geared down has a decent amount of torque. Second, unless something real bad has happened like it got struck by lightening, it's easier to just rebuild the blasted thing. The thing is dirt simple and designed to come apart and be worked on. All you need is a screwdriver, some solvent, some oil, and if you really want to be fancy a source of DC current to test the thing with. |
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Mike,
You may want to see if you can get the old one overhauled. My mechanic saves old beacons and cobbles enough parts together to get them working again. When mine stopped rotating - I opened it up and found a plastic gear had been worn down by the metal gear that meshed with it. My mechanic installed a new plastic gear, and voila, it worked. Total cost: 1/2 hour of labor, part was free. -Nathan On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 14:49:50 GMT, "Mike Rapoport" wrote: My upper rotating beacon has stopped rotating and I am debating whether to overhaul it or replace it with one of the new Whelen flashing beacons. The flashing beacons are all solid state with no moving parts but cost $800 and I am also concerned about noise since the beacon is located a few inches from the COM1 antenna. Has anyone replaced a beacon with the new flashing type? How far from your COM antenna is it? Is there any noise on the COM? A question for the electronics gurus: Do I even need to be concerned with noise? Thanks in advance! Mike MU-2 |
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