echristley(at)nc.rr.com
Guest
|
 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: MPJA motion detector for gear up warning |
 |
|
OK, I've been bit. I bought an MPJA motor controller kit to dim lights
with, and they sent me a catalogue. The thing is full of cheap little
kits to make circuit boards to do all sorts of neat projects.
What I have in mind now is there motion detector kit. It's effective
to about 15ft. That is justs about the right distance for the gear up
warning to start screeching. What I have now is a normally open micro
push-button switch that my locking pin depresses when it's fully
seated. Another normally open push-button on the retraction handle and
in series with the first will let me light an LED on the panel when the
gear are down and locked and I push the button. (Drop gear and
verify). So, now I'm thinking a more automated system would be to
replace the normally open switch at the gear lock-pin with a normally
closed, and let it power the motion detector, which will raise a ruckuss
if it senses anything, be it another plane (I'm building a low wing) or
the ground.
Has anyone tried this? At only $15 or so, the thing is just begging to
be tried.
--
,|"|"|, Ernest Christley |
----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder |
o| d |o http://ernest.isa-geek.org |
| | - The Matronics AeroElectric-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List |
|
|
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
