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Forum: Glass Cockpit 06-20-2008, 12:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,291
Posted By Roddzilla
Awesome

Very cool setup in that Glassair!

I am just tinkering with moving map... Everything else is the product of an active imagination and being an engineer.

DR
Forum: Glass Cockpit 06-18-2008, 11:31 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,291
Posted By Roddzilla
Misc info and opinions

Someone asked how does the price compare to buying COTS ready to go equipment... Well, that's not really the goal with me. If it were, I would be buying a used Cessna or Piper and save a ton of cash...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 06-17-2008, 12:05 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,291
Posted By Roddzilla
Very Cool

You guys have some cool stuff.

I like the Mac Mini (except the weight of the aluminim wrapper, and the CPU fan).

If I were building something for a plane, I would look at this:

Fanless...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 06-16-2008, 10:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,291
Posted By Roddzilla
DIY Moving map?

Just completed a fully max'd out new Intel mac mini. Have the very fast samsung SATAII SSD in it (64GB). Good to 70K feet. Man, the SSD makes this thing SCREAM.

This is a very fast, very silent,...
Forum: Alternative Engines 04-30-2008, 11:08 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,212
Posted By Roddzilla
Yup

I do understand the engineering behind all of this... I meant "sip" as in barely use any. I know Innodyns claims are extraordinary. Maybe the sarcasm (towards Innodyn) in my post was not amplified...
Forum: Alternative Engines 04-30-2008, 06:48 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,212
Posted By Roddzilla
Electric motor driven by a solar t62 and light...

Electric motor driven by a solar t62 and light weight alternator unit. Should be easy to get 100KW out of such a unit.

Actually, this is perhaps a better use of the solar t62 (or whatever model...
Forum: Alternative Engines 12-12-2007, 05:26 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,687
Posted By Roddzilla
Holy Cow

Wow, I give it a little time... and whaddayaknow!

Excellent posts! I have found a couple of those sites about the rotaries, but there were I few that I had not stumbled across.. I will spend some...
Forum: Alternative Engines 12-10-2007, 10:23 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,687
Posted By Roddzilla
Rotaries, and a vent.

Is there a troll free forum where good dialog and information exists about rotaries? I am looking for specific wet weights FFW of the 13B packages.

Here's the vent part:

WARNING: if you are...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-10-2007, 08:08 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
Outstanding

You really need to make that open source!

Looks su-weeeet.

DR
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-08-2007, 07:06 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
Thanks Rainier

Thanks for the insight on the touchscreen use. I was thinking of it for setting up only. One of the biggest problems I have with touchscreens is the effect the touch material has on the visual...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-04-2007, 08:55 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
No Tablet PC

Nah, no tablet for me. I have a very small (mini ITX) 2ghz MSI board with 4gb memory and 32GB solid state drive. Hoping to get one of the faster 128GB SSD's soon. Has dual monitor capability, but...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-03-2007, 07:54 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
MGL - Again

Rainier:

I forgot to say thanks for the pics of the Odyssey. It's a drop dead sexy looking unit.

2 of those in a panel would look real nice.


Also, an alternative to some of the other SS AHRS...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-03-2007, 07:36 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
MGL -- Rainier

No, I wasn't specifically talking about your posts... Take a stab at mentioning that you want to put an alternative engine in your RV.. and post it in the ALTERNATIVE ENGINES forum.... start ducking...
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-02-2007, 05:50 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
Support

Actually, I am willing to help by supplying some hardware, my son may be willing to help with any programming.

DR
Forum: Glass Cockpit 12-02-2007, 05:31 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 15,545
Posted By Roddzilla
Unhappy Oh Yeah

My dream is a PC with a panel mounted monitor running MountainScope for the moving map and weather (also drives an autopilot), some sort of open efis, and a nice engine monitor. I think all the units...
Forum: RV General Discussion/News 07-27-2007, 12:41 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,567
Posted By Roddzilla
Sad Info

I'm new here, and really hate to post this..

http://www.springfieldfuneralhome.com/obituaries/obit_view.php?obit_id=1263

Rest in Peace.
Forum: RV-7/7A 02-14-2007, 11:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,183
Posted By Roddzilla
Welcome GTechRV! Word on the street is that...

Welcome GTechRV!


Word on the street is that your dad is a real harda$$ who is going to crack a whip on you to get your plane done and in the air in under 30 days???

:D
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