steve(at)tomasara.com
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:18 am Post subject: AeroElectric-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 08/14/12 |
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Bevan,
Here's an option that might be a fit for you. See if you have a an
old-timer auto electric guy with a good reputation in your area. If so,
you can go to a local junk yard and buy a used older
externally-regulated alternator (40A to 60A) for not much money and
confirm how well it fits. If it fits well, take it to the local
auto-electric guy and have him test and, if necessary, rebuild it for you.
My LongEZ has an old 40A Toyota alternator that, when I got the
airplane, was fried (not to mention the previous owner had apparently
crudely tried to fix it). I took it in the local auto electric
old-timer and, upon looking at it, gave me a sly grin and said "What
kind of race car this come out of?". To which I replied somewhat
guiltily (knowing not to mention anything to do with aircraft if you
want the services of reasonable priced people), "it's off of a custom
off-road trike...". "What engine you got in it?" "It's a four cylinder
horizontally opposed, kind a like a Volkswagen...".
He did a beautiful job rebuilding it and it's worked great ever since.
Steve Stearns
Boulder/Longmont, Colorado
CSA,EAA,IAC,AOPA,PE,ARRL,BARC (but ignorant none-the-less)
Restoring (since 1/07) and flying again (8/11!): N45FC O235 Longeze
Cothern/Friling CF1 (~1000 Hrs)
Flying (since 9/86): N43732 A65 Taylorcraft BC12D
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