The system Bob Williams and Gary Hensley designed for their streamliner bike
is electric. In a streamliner bike you must have an automatic chute
deployment if the bike tips over. It was easy to do with two mercury
switches and a relay. We replaced the solenoid last year with a door
(trunk) remote unit from the rod and custom suppliers. It works great.
Pull is about a inch. We back it up with a cable pull system just in
case...
John
PS - just returned from the PRI show in Orlando -- what a great event! I
learned more in three exhausting days than I have in the past three year...
Now that they have space I highly recommend it to anyone building a car or
bike. The technology if unbelievable...
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Dick
I tried an electric pull solenoid before I made my air operated system. The
problem I found with the electric was the short pull. With air I could get
a longer stroke to assure the release cable pulled free of the chute flap
loop. I used a Clippard small bore cyl and air switch and a 1 qt. storage
bottle. As I recall the stroke was 2 to 3 inches. Air pressuer was about 50
psi. I also could over ride the cylinder as the cyl was inside a tube and
would slide manually in case the air system didn't work. However it asways
worked.
Nice part about it is you can keep your hands on the wheel and not reach for
the release like most do.
Glen
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> There was a recent thread on comprressed air used to deploy a drag chute.
> Other than the obvious direct pull cable, does anybody use an electric
> release? I've got an electric trunk release motor that seems like it
> could be used for a really clean chute release system.
>
> Dick J
> In East Texas
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