Don?t get marooned

[RV7A Flyer]

Originally Posted by EXflyer

Never had a tire problem when I was flying, two when I was working on them way back when. There is a limit on items to carry as back up where do you stop? Spare mag, plugs, tire, tube, battery, alternator? I think the best thing is for a battery problem install the proper aircraft style plug and have the adaptor with you. For a tire get one of those pressurized cans of goop that will inflate your tire and repair it. Beyond that just enjoy flying and look around to see how well things work without all of the spare parts.

Or get a surplus C130 like the other fellow said.

Don't forget...you'll need the spare parts for the C130, too

[sglynn]

Several of you mentioned the portable power suppliers for jump starting your airplanes. They are rated about 600amp peak. So what does the wiring look like? I have one of those boost power packs for jump starting and the wire is 12 AWG and with a SAE plug. This is good for trickle charging maintenance, but is it sufficient for jump starting? I think 8 AWG would be sufficient but you don't see that size wire on any of these boost packs they sell. So what's going on with the portable power jump start packs? Is it the reality that you are going to get only about 3 seconds of boost before the pack runs dead and so heat won't build up? But 3 seconds is probably enough.

So my question is really what female connector should I put on a couple of 8 AWG leads from the battery in order to use it for jump starting and trickle charging? I'm thinking run a couple 4 foot 8 AWG cables from battery to cockpit and then just splice a couple 10 AWG SAE connectors to the end of longer 8 AWG cables that could accept power from a portable pack. Is that what others are doing successfully?

[crabandy]

Originally Posted by Tommy123

Buy a C-130 and have it follow you everywhere like the Blue Angels. You really want to fly with a jump started battery? What if you run electronic ignition, a bad alternator and battery will really cut your trip short.
I agree with carrying a spare tube but if you are having battery problems after a overnight stop, you are not maintaining your aircraft properly.

I?m going to agree with Tommy, if you spend the time/money to properly maintain your airplane there is no reason to carry spares cross country in the US. Tools to disassemble and diagnose are different, carrying xtra parts for a suspected problem is just good sense.