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Lars
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I almost bought a ICOM last week. The VAL COM that I have for #2 com blew a fuse again for the umpteeth time I just had it fixed at Aircom last month for 118$ and it blew on the very next flight. I called VAL and they told me what to look for. I think they may have helped me find the problem, so I'm going to wait and see. I will try and have the annual and floats installed by the end of the month. I have a 13 amp gen. the smallest one. Seems to work ok, can't fly around with the landing lights on.futr_alaskaflyer wrote:Well, Tom is working on finishing up the annual. Gear legs passed crack inspectionNew brake disks, gear legs blasted and repainted with new hardware, some small parts here and there. New BAS handles.
Decided to wait 'till later on new lighting, I'm still processing the other thread about strobes vs blinking landing lights. Plus I want to talk to Tom in person about the generator capacity on my particular plane.
Almost-new ICOM radio went t**s up on the trip from Bellingham to Whidbey Island, so he's going to shake the rust out from behind the panel
and see if corroded wiring might be the problem.
I'm counting down to next weekend when I fly down to get checked out in it, and then it's up through Montana, Calgary and thence to the Alaska Highway home.
I removed your battery and cleaned the post serviced the water, and charged it. it was way down, Probably the reason the radios quit, it fell below the min voltage. I'll try to find the reason it wasn't charged..futr_alaskaflyer wrote:Tom said he lost transmit but retained audio. Could be the wiring to the pilot's headset jack? Or the headset he was wearing? Or a power problem - enough juice to run the radio but not enough to transmit? Corroded power wires? At the time he just squawked 1200 and landed, he's going to troubleshoot later this week.