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- From: meb4593@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Michael Bain)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: gel-cell batteries Re: rec.motorcycles FAQ of 93.01.01 (Part 4 of 5)
- Message-ID: <1303@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 00:00:37 GMT
- References: <32784.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> <5969@catnip.berkeley.ca.us>
- Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle
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- bandy@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (THIS SIDE DOWN) writes:
- -dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
- -
- --Q: The battery in my ZX-10 died. I can get a generic replacement for
- -- $43 or a no-maintenance "gel-cell" battery for $82. Is the gel-cell
- -- worth it?
- -
- -My first question would be "how often do you drop your motorcycle or
- -operate it leaned so far over that the electolyte spills out of the top
- -of the battery?" -- the big advantage to gel-cells it that they may be
-
- No matter how far it is leaned over whilst riding, the forces acting on
- the electrolyte will still remain perpendicular to the battery. (In
- other words none should spill out).
-
- Anybody hear about Boeing Test Pilot Tex Johnston doing a barrel roll
- over Lake Washington in the first Boeing 707 (Dash 80) in 1957 in front
- of a bunch of astonished airline execs and a pissed-off Boeing Prez? I
- know, who cares, but he had to perform that as a 1 G maneuver.
- Otherwise, the fuel pickups would have sucked air. That was some good
- flying.
-
- --
- Michael "Chuck" Bain meb4593@icdfs.ca.boeing.com
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