Its not the energy we need to worry about, """""dont let the smoke out"""" all this electrickery runs on smoke, let it out and magic wont go anymore!!. That young LAME must have had the same teacher i had!! They are self lanching and winch launching with sustainers in other countries also, way of the future i say, 500ft winch with a small jet to climb away?? I like the idea of a C150 with non GA restrictions being used for a tug, not sure about training etc though, still a high maintenance aeroplane also. Mark> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:05:58 +1030> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Various> > My Grumman nearly caught fire on a 45 degree day first flight after a > 100 hourly. The battery leads shorted on the metal battery box > because they were not properly shielded. Result was a 1/2 a molten > battery in the bottom of the box all green and fizzy.> > The LAME apprentice then tried to explain to us that if the battery > leads shorted there would not be a problem because the energy couldn't > get out (!)> > -Cath> > > On 04/11/2008, at 4:02 PM, David Lawley wrote:> > >> > Hi all,> >> > Mike said;> >> > I guess you'll save on LAME labour costs at the price of the > > towplane being at the > mercy of gliding club maintenance. It won't > > take too many> > unavailabilities to negate this.> >> > Frankly Mike> >> > I would rather have a gliding person maintain our tow plane. The > > only downtime's we have had In the last 5 years were immediately > > after LAME's worked on it.> >> > The cause was VERY poor workmanship. (For example, in one case a > > condenser mounting bracket had broken. The LAME had cable tied it > > on. The condensor touched the outer metal jacket of a cable cover > > and shorted the mag to deck..) I am sure none of our people would > > have done such a poor repair.> >> _______________________________________________> Aus-soaring mailing list> [email protected]> To check or change subscription details, visit:> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _________________________________________________________________
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