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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 at 8:46 pm #9669Tim PonsotParticipant
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Hi All-</p>
Not much more to say about it than that. Spliced some new wiring for the forward Push-To-Talk switch to solve an existing hot mic issue. She’s now compliant with our “need a panel mount radio for winch ops” rule and ready to fly some more this winter pending fixing the mule and splicing the red rope.Thanks very much to John DeRosa for helping me source the parts and tools to make this a quick and easy job.
Cheers
Tim
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 at 8:58 pm #9670John DeRosaParticipant
Tim,Thanks for taking this on and making it happen.Out of curiosity, how difficult was getting the grip off the stick to get to the PTT switch.
Thanks again.John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert EinsteinOn Thursday, December 3, 2020, 8:50:33 PM CST, Sky Soaring <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 at 9:27 pm #9671Tim PonsotParticipant
Not too bad. Your method helped. Heat a little and pull. Heat a little more then pull like hell. When the polymer starts to get shiny stop heating that area. I put the heat shrink on before the splice (ask me how many times I’ve screwed that up…) but the washer and nut to center the PTT switch could not be installed from the top of the button. Clip the splice, wash, rinse, repeat. It got done. Reinstalling the grip was also a question of heating and slipping on. For both procedures it is easy to seriously burn yourself on hot polymer. Rawhide gloves help.
Thanks also to Don for helping me find the heat gun and zip ties. You guys helped me get it done before the sun went down.
Cheers
Tim
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Friday, December 4th, 2020 at 12:38 pm #9686Nicholas LegenzaParticipant
Speaking of the 2-33 is anyone planning ops tomorrow?
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Friday, December 4th, 2020 at 4:18 pm #9691Don GrilloKeymaster
Nick, the Pawnee is off insurance until spring. The mule is down for repairs.
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Friday, December 4th, 2020 at 7:19 pm #9694Nicholas LegenzaParticipant
Oh, ok thanks for clearing that up.
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