Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-09-03 Thread Jim Wilson
Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: David Megginson writes: Curtis L. Olson writes: Ebay! :-) I wonder if you could get a cheap pacemaker there as well. Estate sale? hehe... better check on the cause of death first. Best, Jim

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-09-03 Thread Jim Wilson
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The other good news is that the AI and HI spun down just like they do in FlightGear, so the whole panel looked very familiar to me. Cool! The bad news, of course, is that I have to pay for a new vacuum pump. Not _too_ much of a disappointment,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Ebay! :-) I wonder if you could get a cheap pacemaker there as well. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
I had my first real vacuum failure last night, fortunately in VMC. The VAC annunciator lit up and the suction gauge went to 0 when I was 10 nm back from my runway -- by the time we touched down, the HI was very sluggish, and the AI was showing a 20-degree bank when level. My daughter and I both

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ..ooops! You have no vacuum backup source??? No -- the only backup is the electric TC. The C-172-R and newer come with dual vacuum pumps (I don't know about the newer PA-28's), but dual vacuum pumps weren't standard in older Cherokees or Skyhawks. I'm looking at

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: The bad news, of course, is that I have to pay for a new vacuum pump. Ebay! :-) Curt. -- Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Citiescurt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org Minnesota

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 07:30:31 -0400, David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I had my first real vacuum failure last night, fortunately in VMC. The VAC annunciator lit up and the suction gauge went to 0 when I was 10 nm back from my runway -- by the time we