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AircraftTroubleshooting

Falcon 10 Autopilot Drama

Falcon 10 N100CU, Leading Particulars:
AP105/FD109. Dual FD. Single FMS.

AP AMP – 562C-5C.
PILOT AIR DATA CONTROLLER –
COPILOT AIR DATA CONTROLLER –

 

Pitch bump started, May 2022. Swap vg.  That solved it for months.

Pilots report all good.

Swap airdata controller. (Back to original position)

Hum in headsets

 

Stuck mic.  Seemed to start pitch bump problem.

Mar 2023.   Shutter pitch, humming headphones, could not hear atc. Stuck mic.

 

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after finding burned plug at RH lav:
#1 FD/AP will not capture altitude, but (sortof) will track altitude

#2 FD will not GA.  RH GA will clear HDG select button, will not clear ALT select button.  When RH GA is held down, RH Vbars will go to 0 pitch or lower, then disappear when G is released.

GA mode block diagram Falcon 10

inputs to the mode coupler seem similar left side to right side.

WD notes from Nov 2023.

Collins manual that shows the difference between 590A-3H, and 590A3K

1.5.16 590A-3H Air Data Control
The 590A-3H Air Data Control supplies an analog error signal to the flight control system that is propor-
tional to altitude error. True airspeed, indicated airspeed, and altitude programming voltages are also gen-
erated for flight control system use. The altitude error gain may be programmed with true airspeed, indi-
cated airspeed, or altitude, or set at a fixed value. The 590A-3H also provides signals for altitude preselect,
vertical speed hold, indicated airspeed hold, and Mach hold. The 590A-3H is contained in a 318-ATR short,
low case and weighs 2.09 kg (4.6 pounds).
1.5.17 590A-3J/3J1 Air Data Control
The 590A-3J/3J1 Air Data Control supplies to the flight control system an analog error signal that is propor-
tional to altitude error. True airspeed, indicated airspeed, and altitude programming voltages are also gen-
erated for flight control system use. The altitude error gain may be programmed with true airspeed, indi-
cated airspeed, or altitude, or set at a fixed value. The unit is contained in a 3/8-ATR short, low case. The
590A-3J weighs 2.00 kg (4.4 pounds) maximum. The 590A-3J1 weighs only 1.5 kg (3.3 pounds).

Falcon 10 AP disconnect cockpit troubleshooting:
falcon 10 ap disconnect ts-1

 

June 2024, most current dramas:      

1. Seems to have ALT HOLD working correctly, no ALT CAP mode.
2. CoPilot Side, NO GA mode, will no clear ALT button.
3.

Test Point Locations:

 

GA 562A-5M5,  TP-16 Selection of go-around mode.

MDA, DH, or ALT PRESEL 590A-3H, J1-50 Descent blw RA

GS EXT 562A-5M5 TP-42 Following glideslope capture, with radio altimeter inoperative, and when passing over
middle marker beacon.

*ALT 590A-3H, J1-31 Selection of altitude-hold mode.

Conditions:
page 25 mode ANN

How good should it be? 25 to 45 feet, depending on mode.
page 28 How good should it be?

Test Flight:

1000ft/min climb select VS.  allow to stabilize.
Record Video, altimeter, VSI.
Slightly increase throttle.
allow to stabilize.
Video Stop.

1000ft/min climb select VS.  allow to stabilize.
ALT SELECTOR to 3000 feet above current alt.
Record video, Altimeter, ANN panel, V-Bars. Select ALT SEL.
Allow to capture. Do the VBARS capture?  Does the autopilot capture?
Allow to track 1 minute.
Gently increase throttle.
Allow to settle 1 min.
Video Stop.

in HDG and ALT mode, allow to stabilize.
Record video, Altimeter, ANN panel, V-Bars. Select ALT SEL.
Select new heading on HSI,
Allow aircraft to turn for 1 minute.
Allow to settle 1 min.
Video Stop.

 

couple a ILS approach using APPR button.
video capture, pushover.
Stabilize on GS.
Slightly change throttle.
video GS needle action, mode ann, VS needle

SIL 2-74 FCS-105 FCS-105 Component Test Fixture
SIL 1-78 FCS-105 Adding 1/2 Bank Limit to FCS-105 May 15/78
SIL 1-79 FCS-105 Removal of TAS Programming from Heading Select Gain
Computations Jan 15/79
Date
Jul 01/74

 

 

 

Family

Life well lived……. This is pretty close.

 

Bobu and George helped us adopt 2 kidoes.

 

Alexandra Goode

   

Alexandra Goode

September 13, 1929 – March 6, 2023

Alexandra Goode, age 93, of Texarkana, Texas went home to be with her Lord and Savior on March 6, 2023.

“Babu” (short for Babushka) as she was affectionately known, was born September 13, 1929 in a Russian community located in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. She was a Holocaust survivor who spent four months at Dachau and nine months in the labor camp at Rugen. Shortly before the war’s end, she escaped the labor camp only to spend another three years in a displaced person’s camp near Lubeck, Germany. Finally, having lost her entire family in the war, at the age of 18 she immigrated to the United States via Elis Island.

After raising her three children, Alexandra opened her own travel agency, but her most fulfilling work began when she was 70. Along with her husband George, she founded International Guardian Angels Adoption Agency which placed over 250 children (mostly from Russia) into loving homes here in the U.S. That work continued into Alexandra’s 80’s only stopping when the Russian government suspended foreign adoptions.She encouraged people with her story by speaking to thousands over the years about the Lord’s faithfulness.

She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years, George Goode; her parents, Gen. Georg and Elena Maderash; her twin brother, Valoydsa, her brother, Egor and one grandson, Buddy Goode.

Left to celebrate her well-lived life is one daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Dr. Richard Hornok of Texarkana, Texas, two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Steve and Joan Goode of Keller, Texas, Mark and Pam Goode of Cleveland, Ohio, eighteen grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, a number of other cherished relatives, and hundreds of others to whom she was Babu!

The family will receive friends in Texarkana Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Fellowship Bible Church.

On Saturday March 18, 2023 visitation will be from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas.

A graveside service will be 10:30 A. M. Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, with Dr. Richard Hornok officiating. A Memorial Celebration Service will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday at Lake Pointe Church, Firewheel Campus in Garland, Texas.

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Curtis Talley
I met Curtis in the 1980’s , because his son, Tracy and I got oir private pilot license together, and rode bicycles in Europe.
Decades later I attend First Baptist Church Justin and served with Curtis.
Curtis was blessed with EVERY Fruit of the Spirit in ways that I seek only to emulate.
Todd
tECHNOLOGY

Read a 90 ohm propane tank level meter and turn on an LED

This code uses a Atiny85 under Arduino gui:

 

#include <avr/sleep.h>

const int inputPin = 2; // replace with the input pin connected to the voltage divider
const int outputPin = 3; // replace with the output pin connected to the load

void setup() {
pinMode(inputPin, INPUT);
pinMode(outputPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(outputPin, HIGH); // ensure the load is not grounded initially
}

void loop() {
// Measure voltage on input pin
float voltage = analogRead(inputPin) * 0.0049; // convert from ADC value to voltage

// If voltage is below 2V, ground the output pin and go into deep sleep
if (voltage < 2.0) {
digitalWrite(outputPin, LOW);
delay(100); // ensure the load is fully grounded before sleeping
set_sleep_mode(SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN);
sleep_enable();
sleep_mode();
sleep_disable();
}

// Sleep for 1 day
delay(86400000); // 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 = 1 day
}

this is ifor for the ATINY 85 programming

 

 

 

AircraftTroubleshooting

Satcom COAX and attenuator

G450 N809DA S/N 5269

ITEM                                 P/N                           MFG                            QTY

  1.  EXTRACTOR        M81969/14-06  ATCONICS              3EA
  2. CONNECTOR       620021                  RADIALL                   2EA
  3. CONNECTOR       CNR722                ECS                               2EA
  4. ATTENUATOR      50FP-020-H6    JFW INDUST.         1EA
  5. CONNECTOR       L7122                     ECS                               1EA
  6. HEAT SHRINK W GLUE                     .75 INCH                    1 FOOT
  7. COAX                         3CO58A                ECS                               5 FEET

 

 

MICT0100039EN

620021EN

Large 90 degree connector

 

cnr722_230220_120239

 

cnr722