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I plan to use a RAT, Ram Air Turbine. I have seen ads from them as low as
$150. It stows inside the plane on a hinged panel and when you pull the
"ripcord" the panel swings out into the slipstream and the little
propellor/turbine (kinda looks like an alternator fan) turns a standard
alternator. Pretty slick.

The only real drawback is that they have airspeed restrictions, depending
on what you're flying you may have to slow down to 120 kias or so.

Rob

The real problem is minimum A/S. Be sure the RAT safely provides power for
landing and roll-out. When I worked at AiResearch, we had a 777 RAT with a
fairly large fan. Of course it put out a lot of power and they land faster
than you may cruise. Make sure the fan stall speed is below landing speed so
you'll only be embarrased (not a stastic) if the battery is so dead that your
EFI quits during taxi (not on final).

Gary Moir

 
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