Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-06 Thread DMcD
>If you can only fit one 80mm instrument into your panel, perhaps it should be >the ASI? DG gliders certainly recommend exactly this course of action. They regard the ASI as the most important instrument in the panel and therefore it should be large. D ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Daryl Mackay
On 6 September 2011 10:02, Mike Borgelt wrote: > At 10:50 PM 5/09/2011, you wrote: > >> Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: >> >> When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments >> we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his opinion that >> the the 5

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Catherine Conway
Hi Mike Thanks but no electrical system in the kooka (unless you count my handheld icom) _Cath On 06/09/2011, at 11:30 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > At 10:15 AM 6/09/2011, you wrote: >> Content-Language: en-US >> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >>boundary="_000_741FE0F31EB34268BA51200

Re: [Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators - reply to Ian

2011-09-05 Thread tom claffey
everything we want into panels is becoming an art-form. LS panels are smaller again! Tom From: Nigel Andrews To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:43 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators - reply to Ian Ian, a lot of the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:50 PM 5/09/2011, you wrote: Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his opinion that the the 57mm items were not as accurate or as easy to maintain as the eq

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:15 AM 6/09/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_741FE0F31EB34268BA51200F639C2494agilecomau_" Hi Grant If you find out I'm interested. Macca suggested i send my winter with a broken bottom pivot back to Germany but I was loo

[Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators - reply to Ian

2011-09-05 Thread Nigel Andrews
Ian, a lot of the Altair owners were referred to either Tasman or Borgelt for a needle variometer and most bought these - can't see why anyone would pay up to $1,500.00 for a winter mechanical package with no audio and still have to add a flask! Some like myself only use the Vega audio with no nee

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Catherine Conway
ustralia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators I for one only have people going from large to small. Actually people buying Altair are my best Winter customers in the last 3 years as they make room in the panel and can easily add $1500 to the cost of Altair package - something that

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Grant Davies
-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Ian Mc Phee Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 9:24 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators I for one only have people going from lar

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ian Mc Phee
I for one only have people going from large to small. Actually people buying Altair are my best Winter customers in the last 3 years as they make room in the panel and can easily add $1500 to the cost of Altair package - something that is not often thought about!! There are issues with 57mm 1 or

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ron Sanders
OK to clarify my situation I have two small ones and want two large ones, is that ok? Ron On 5 September 2011 13:50, Daryl Mackay wrote: > Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: > > When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we > were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Daryl Mackay
Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his opinion that the the 57mm items were not as accurate or as easy to maintain as the equivalent 80mm version made by the s

[Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ron Sanders
Guys, anybody out there want to swap two normal sized ASI for two small ones?? Ron Sanders ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-

Re: [Aus-soaring]Airspeed

2004-08-28 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 11:14 AM 28/08/04 +1000, you wrote: On a different note. Has any Libelle owner experienced ASI error due to the position of the pitot tube. GBX has a small flattened tube at the top of the aero tow release. My suspicion is that it is under-reading. This follows checking against GPS on opposite