Hi Fred
My 914 is electrically dependent.
When soaring with long wings if my primary battery gives up the ghost
upon start-up, I have a total loss battery to come to the rescue. I
perhaps could even start off this NiMh battery but it would severely
limit it's useful life. Thus air-start (I have a Airmaster). There
are a few other reasons I like having it such as I can plumb direct to a
fuel pump in seconds if need be:
See Starboard Headrest:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=86878
See NiMh total loss battery:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=30710
Side note: I am using Erics CCA #4 equivalent wire. IMHO you best keep
in
the front of your mind if using CCA that the fatigue resistance is awful
compared to Tefzel and really awful compared to many strand welding
cable. Test fatigue before install and route to accommodate. It's
also stiffer and requires a larger bend radius. Besides that, it
crimps and solders (in that order) just fine. Very usable, just
accommodate it's inherentcharacteristics.
Ron Parigoris
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