Hi guys, what's this?

[Hector Parra]

Saw it on the bottom of a Luscombe 8A currently for sale:

Thanks in advance

 

[Contrails]

looks like maybe a small RAT...ram air turbine.

 

[GeorgeC]

Wind alternator. https://www.basicaircraft.com

 

[Matthew]

looks like maybe a small RAT...ram air turbine.

My first thought. Maybe for charging a cell phone or supplying some kind of power.


edit: I missed the previous post by a couple seconds.

 

[Hector Parra]

Wind alternator. https://www.basicaircraft.com

Thanks, had no idea about it. My first thought was some kind of old Airspeed measurement instrument.

 

[Bell206]

FYI: Thats a new style. They've had air driven generators before that for years.

 

[Hector Parra]

FYI: Thats a new style. They've had air driven generators before that for years.
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Smart and simple, as it should be.

 

[Scott MacMoyle]

Not much info on the website but love the idea. wonder how much power it can make ? Bombardier jets have been using RATs for years.

 

[GeorgeC]

6 amps.

 

[wanttaja]

One of our Fly Baby guys installed one, and wrote it up....

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/wind2.html

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Tantalum]

Wind alternator. https://www.basicaircraft.com

That's actually pretty cool, big jets have standby like this, not a bad idea to have this quick deployable alternator.

 

[flyersfan31]

I fly an 8a. That little gen would be nice to charge the battery we use to power lights and intercom. With LED lighs, and a pocket full of batteries, no need for it IMHO.

 

[Dave Theisen]

Here’s the one on the Challenger that I fly.

 

[luvflyin]

It’s a siren. He like’s to play Stuka Dive Bomber

 

[wanttaja]

It’s a siren. He like’s to play Stuka Dive Bomber

“He was a Stuka dive bomber and I was Poland.”
- The Cheap Detective

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Hector Parra]

I just found out that one of those devices actually helped Air Transat's Flight 236 to safely land after a fuel leak. An A-330!

 

[SkyDog58]

Not much info on the website but love the idea. wonder how much power it can make ? Bombardier jets have been using RATs for years.

Those are for emergency use, typically associated with the loss of all engines. The install of this unit on the Luscombe and other aircraft manufactured without an electrical system is to provide a source of electrical power for normal operations so that you can power radios, etc.

 

[Albany Tom]

If I had one, I'd tell passengers it was like a trolling motor. If the main engine fails, it'll let us fly, but only very slowly.