Guys,
Just a little info to tuck away for your future problems. I have
what was a brand new Falcon electric turn and bank coordinator. Some
time last summer it quite operating for awhile and then worked for a
short time and quite again. The flag indicated it always had power. I
finally got around to pulling it out of the panel and contacted Falcon to
return it for repairs. It has been out of warranty for a couple years and
I fully expected to not have the instrument for several weeks and supply
them with some sum of money. When I spoke to the lady that answered the
phone and described the problem she told me that it was just probably
dirty and to go ahead and clean it myself. The instrument comes apart
with 1 screw on the back and then it was just a matter of cleaning the
armature and the brushes with a Q-tip and alcohol. I did blacken 4 Q-tips
cleaning it up and you have to be very gentle with it to not bend or move
any of the small things in there, but it is a consumer doable job. I put
the instrument back in the panel tonight and it started right up.
I think that is the first think that got done on my winter to do
list with only a week left until spring.
Joe Horton
joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
