Larry, The 8 degree means that the user had a panel that was 8 degrees off of vertical. Buying used instruments is always iffy, especially if the seller tells you that it acts funny. I would decide how much you want to invest, subtract what it would cost to service it (usually about $450-$550 for and electric AI) and see if you are still getting a good deal. If you have already purchased the instrument, then you can see if it serves your needs or pull it out and have a good instrument shop service it.
Actually, I have found that tornado weather is quite good to test out a new AI as the plane will be cycled through many unusual attitudes. Good luck, Scott On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > > > I might finally be getting my electric artificial horizon for the > KR. It came out of an RV7A that was upgraded to a Dynon > unit. Question for those that know. The instrument is marked with a > tag indicating an 8 degree slant. Will this work on a flat panel? I > have it installed and it spins up but weather too bad for a flight to > check it out. Tornados in the area and all that. > > The RV owner said he thought it acted funny on occasion and it is a > "Falcon" instrument so it may be a bargain best left undone. > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
