[simpits-tech] It just showed up at my doorstep

Fri Jun 3 07:37:07 PDT 2005

I actually just got a fax from them, with a diagram of the indicator and the 
pinout. I'm amazed.

I don't really have a contact, I just used the email address off of their 
website. I don't know what to tell you. They might be less inclined to help 
if a bunch of people started asking for stuff. I don't even know how I got 
them to send me anything.

>From: "Joseph Fagner" <falcon4 at sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: Simulator Cockpit tech list <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
>To: "'Simulator Cockpit tech list'" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
>Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] It just showed up at my doorstep
>Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:33:55 -0500
>
>Damn, go figure.  I even used the excuse I was volunteering for a flight
>museum and putting together a simulator for them (it's not a lie either).
>That still didn't get me a return email.
>
>If you have any luck, can you put me in contact with your contact?
>
>Thanks
>Jay
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
>[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Simon Bennett
>Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:06 PM
>To: simpits-tech at simpits.org
>Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] It just showed up at my doorstep
>
>I actually got a reply, believe it or not, and pretty quickly, too. They
>said that since it was a piece of "military equipment" that they couldn't
>just give any information to just anybody, and that I'd have to disclose
>more information about me and my "company". I didn't bother telling him I
>don't work for one, which is probably for the best. Maybe they're afraid
>terrorists will use their avionics to navigate to and crash into buildings.
>I can't think of any rational explanation for this.
>
>So I replied, telling them what I planned to do with it and that it'd never
>go near an airworthy aircraft. I also pointed out that I already own the
>instrument and could always just take it apart and trace the connections by
>hand, and that none of this information is secret in any way.
>
>The guy emailed me again asking for my fax number, I gave it to him. 
>Haven't
>
>heard back since. That was 7 hours ago. I sent it at about 4 PM Wisconsin
>time, so I guess they just got let out. I'm still hopeful, but I'll be
>amazed if they actually send me any real, useful information.
>
>
>Not all military contractors are impossible to get information from, at
>least. Some aren't so bad. Hell, I had a nice long chat with a guy from 
>GRiD
>
>Defense Systems last year about how to get one of my surplus computers
>running. Ever tried taking apart a TEMPEST-rated, military surplus laptop?
>The shell is a magnesium alloy, with a milled aluminum chassis holding
>everything together, it's all hermetically sealed, and everything inside is
>covered in copper foil, to defeat electromagnetic emmissions. Mine were
>never de-milled, either. I want to incorporate them into my simpit somehow,
>just to add to the cool factor.
>
>
> >From: "Joseph Fagner" <falcon4 at sbcglobal.net>
> >Reply-To: Simulator Cockpit tech list <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
> >To: "'Simulator Cockpit tech list'" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
> >Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] It just showed up at my doorstep
> >Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:30:35 -0500
> >
> >Lots of luck with Astronautics.  I've emailed them 3 times about pinouts
> >and
> >have never even gotten as much as a "piss off" from them.  Let me know if
> >you have any better luck.
> >
> >Does this take 115 or 26 volt 400Hz?  If you don't have any luck finding 
>an
> >inverter, I might have an extra one laying around I could sell you.  I 
>also
> >have a 115 to 26 volt transformer laying around as well.  It's labeled 
>for
> >50/60 Hz but I was told you can pump 400 Hz into a transformer for 60 hz
> >and
> >be fine, you just can't do the other way around.  This sucker is a big
> >heavy
> >rectifier transformer, so it can take some amperage.
> >
> >Jay
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
> >[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Simon Bennett
> >Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:24 PM
> >To: simpits-tech at simpits.org
> >Subject: [simpits-tech] It just showed up at my doorstep
> >
> >The attitude indicator I bought. It's an ARU-13/A. I need to figure out
> >what
> >
> >the pinout is. I don't suppose anyone here knows... I guess I'll send an
> >email to the manufacturer (Astronautics corp. of America) and pray 
>they'll
> >give it to me. Otherwise I'll probably have to take it apart.
> >
> >Once I get the pinout, I can start looking for a 400hz inverter and a
> >couple
> >
> >of torque transmitters.
> >
> >Does anyone know what aircraft these were used in?
> >
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