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Is this what the plug looks like? Of course these guys are out of stock. What the hells wrong with just using spade terminals, dammit... https://jaydeeautocables.com.au/products/honeywell-pressure-sensor-connector-kit-hps3-k

Well for now all I want is a connector for it. At the moment, that wh part number doesnt get me any closer to handing over my readies. Although after searching around I found out the sensor is from Honeywell so maybe I can pursue it that way. Perhaps through Digi-Key

That is the gauge I have, and the plane this came out of has the same gauge. I'm puzzled why there seem to be three pins. Is one for pressure and one for a light?

Just verifying that this sender unit on the oil pump being 3 pins is temp AND pressure. If not, what is it? And what is this type of plug called so I can buy one?

Welcome to the party that never ends 🍻

Why not tuned pipes?

I definitely have a good think about what I read out loud to myself when it comes to the park brake and fuel switch status on the Tecnam. Bloody dyslexics worst nightmare 😄

Clearly though if the airplane is flying, the battery was fine to start with. If it simply failed in flight, I agree with Spacesailor, the alternator will carry on as before. Unless the battery became a dead short

I'll have to start writing one for my plane soon I guess. It will even have 'turn on skyecho2' on the list. Naturally it will include a parkbrake check 😀 Plane failed to take off due to parking brake not being fully released, safety report finds - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-17/tas-plane-failed-to-take-off-due-to-parking-brake-still-being-on/102358096

A lot of the motorcycle wreckers I've been to have the most important stuff indoors. Different sort of scene to car wreckers.

Anyway, thanks for the input guys! Cables sorted, now onto the next thing 🙂

Oh well. Aircraft spruce it is...

I still think the throttle arm will pass my criterion 😉

Voila!

Weight is the main issue for transmission lines. If you ever look at it up close, there might be 15-20 'strands'. Each one maybe 3-4mm thick 😲. Flexibility against vibration is not such an issue. Ya gotta remember though, I'm not Howard Hughes-ing this thing. I'm trying to build a standard kit, and I'm tired of paying for hangar space for a non flying plane.

Part number? I've noticed that the BMW starter is about the same as the 912 so I suspect they have a similar pricing structure for spares. If I have a part number I can easily find if it's cheaper. Or in fact see if a motorcycle wrecker has a trashed carby for cheap. But I don't want to hunt around, enduring many blank stares (see my starter cable thread) only to finally find out it costs the same as getting it from aircraft spruce, where I don't have to talk to any bored employee watching the clock 😄

I agree if I'm getting a fuel pump for a Boeing 737 jet engine, then maybe I should follow provenance. If however, I need the left carby throttle arm for a Rotax 912, then a simple visual inspection should suffice 😉

Yes, that's the FB i was talking about.

There is a page on FB for such things but it looks a bit hit and miss. Is anyone aware of somewhere to be bits and pieces?

Love these old training films. This one is on engine failures and knowing your aircraft 🙂

Meh. Stopped at the local Repco and they had run out of ALL their cable 🙄 Just ordered some online from some company with a ropey payment system. Hopefully I didn't just lose my money 😄

Oh my god, such an epic struggle to get a few cables made. My auto electrician would have been fine, but the size cable I want to use they don't carry. They would have to order ten metres minimum. How about the motorcycle shop down the road? Good point. There s a row of them. First one I asked, he really wasn't listening. What bike is it for? I tried again to tell him I need cables made. But what bike is it for? Geez, ok it's for a BMW f650. Sorry we only do British bikes. DAFUQ? I said 'what I'm asking is can you make up some cables for me'. No sorry. Second shop had some stuff kick around but he didn't know what any of it meant. He had no idea what I was saying. He didn't know what the sizing meant. I said imagine it's for a Harley Davidson. I don't know what that means... I got him to show me the cable he had. Looked a bit small. Passed a boat shop and thought that should be right up their alley.they were nearly as vague as the second bike shop. I didn't tell any off these guys it's for an ultralight as I get mixed results. I might as well have been asking for a window winder for a space shuttle. In Swahili. In all cases they are greeting the customer ready to say no, instead of being ready to help. This is why I buyso much stuff online nowadays, I can't be arsed explaining myself to disinterested people. Of all ages in today's case I might add. It's not just a youth thing. So I'm about to order some 3 b & s cable online and then I'll take it to my sparky .

Not to sound heartless, but why would you need to insure a baby? Is it for injury/disease hospital costs etc?

https://www.legacygr.com/2017/06/06/from-art-form-to-science-the-beginnings-of-modern-insurance/ Started off as only widows of clergy, but still a good start

Pretty sure life INSURANCE came first. Quite a noble act, a Scottish priest who was tired of seeing newly widowed women kicked to the curb when their husbands died suddenly...