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Eric Janson
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[img width=500 height=358]http://sectionf8.com/f86files/k688_adf.jpg[/img]
Used to have the ADF receiver on the top right installed in the DC-3. The boxes in the avionics racks used vacuum tubes if I remember correctly.
They worked really well - the KR-87's were nowhere near as good.


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Colonel
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[b]Tubes![/b]  You win Nark's Luddite award  ;D

I remember some guys preferred the Bendix T12C to the KR87 ...

[img]https://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radi ... 911201.jpg[/img]

Kind of a 1911 .45 vs Glock 9mm thing ... don't get me started on .30-06 vs .308
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John Swallow
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[quote=] I have a 12v adapter but it barely puts out enough juice to charge it.  Not enough amps I suspect."[/quote]
[quote]I have dual USB adapter that puts out 2.4 amps per receptacle and will charge the iPad and a cell phone.[/quote]

You are correct in that the normal adapter just slows down the battery drain on an iPad running Foreflight...
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Nark1

Oddly enough Col,  I have that exact dual port USB adapter.  I run my Stratux with one, and whatever accessory I have.  Gopro for example.




I just got it, and will use it for the iPad next flight.


Incidentally, will be tomorrow to check out a PA28R for a friend.  (Im buttering him up to buy it).  It's a gem covered in cow poop at the moment.



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Colonel
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Weird.  I wonder how many amps you’re getting?


PS with RG I spend more time cleaning the bottom
of the airplane than the top.  :D
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Four Bars
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Why no mention of the mighyEscort 110?
I had one hidden under the tank in my S1...
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Colonel
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Narco is French for “shit avionics”, right?
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Nark1

Col:


Nearly caught the plane on fire today.  The shitty Chinese piece of shit dual USB charger grounded out after I started the engine.
My keys dangle just enough where I suspect caught “live” portion of the charger. Sparks and smoke. Woke my wife up after her KC BBQ coma. 


An IA came over (I had been chatting with him a while) to see why I shut down so soon. It’s not the 12v receptical It’s properly wired and still puts out a charge (voltage).


Dang gone Chinese amazon POS. 
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Colonel
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The Spirit of Narco lives on!

Sorry to hear you almost needed marshmellows and a stick  :(
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