swith removal

[Wayne Galligan]

Jerry, 

I have seen a few guys lately just doing with out a switch completely.  Since a lot of the newer airships have easy to remove canopies its not hard to reach in and unplug.  Not a bad idea considering you can eliminate several possible failure points and not to mention the voltage drop(minor if any) that one can get through a switch.

Wayne G.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Budd 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:37 AM
  Subject: Re: Webra 1.60XP -Mixture


  I had to switch to a 12 oz tank to make weight at the Nats (I also 
  took my switch out - did you know a JR switch harness/charge jack 
  weighs a little over an ounce?) and I was concerned about running out 
  of fuel in the Masters pattern.  So I went out to the practice field, 
  set the timer, and flew a regular masters flight in some pretty 
  strong wind.  When I landed I had 40% of a tank left (I turned the 
  E=MC3 on it's side and looked through the canopy) which is ~4.8 oz of 
  fuel (7.2 oz used).  I checked the timer and it read just a little 
  over 7 minutes so I'm using about an ounce of fuel per minute of 
  flight time.  I've checked it several times since then and always 
  seem to get the same answer so I'm confident it's right.  Pretty 
  miserly if you ask me!

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