A good source for the Suunto altimeter watch is http://www.rei.com/outlet . Keep your eye out at this site because they often go on sale at the end of the seasons (summer/winter). I picked up mine for about $120 'n change... ;^) Blue skies, Doug
Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving ab
You guys don't have to believe me... I had a tough
time believing it myself. But one of the arts of
cross country flying is keeping the model in the
correct location in relation to the vehicle -
virtually directly overhead. The reason for this is to
maintain visual. I've seen the guys in Muncie fl
I asked permission from the CD during our last contest for orbital
re-entry...;-)
At 10:47 PM 8/26/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As far as "how high can you get?" You can get a LOT higher than anybody
would believe. It's a Zen Thing that no instrumentation will ever capture.
If you
can
My Dad was one of very few human beings that was born in Taft "back when",
in 1927 or thereabouts. I have heard a lot of tales about living in a tent, big
cats trying to eat his little sister, Grandpa drilling the first hole deeper
than a mile, and of course the legendary Kern Mesa Thermals.
The documentation for every FAI altitude record must include a
calibration/compensation report for the recording barograph used for the
attempt. Prior to our record attempts, I studied all available hardware and
decided on a Suunto altimiter watch based on its specifications. I contacted
AMA an
Got there early for a change, it was already warm but hazy. We flew 5 rounds of 10mins with a runway landing (which is kind of deceiving since you have to land over a small valley dead in front of the LZ and that valley can suck you down or at least any energy you thought was enough to make it th
Hi Bill:At 8000 ft a 4 meter plane's image could fit in the area of a
1/64 diameter circle (at arms length). I am not sure a hawk could see
that. But hey, that's just geometry and optics!!!best to you and
our poor eyesight!regards,JimOn Sat, 26 Aug 2006
17:30:46 -0700 "Bill Swingle" wrote:Daryl sa
Daryl says 8500'. Several guys have said 4500-5000'. OK, fine. Might as well
be 100K to me.
Well guys we're getting older and I'm seeing the decline in eye sight
myself.
How about you folks?
Personally, I can't stand flying when I'm uncomfortable. Too stressful.
Bill Swingle
Janesville, CA
When I talk about being at 8500 ft... the stabs had
long since disappeared, the wings were literally
toothpicks, and were disappearing as well - the fuse
was non-existent. That's how Joe consistently beat the
pants off all the CC guys for all those years. The
plane was always in the optimum positio
Posting for a friend. Reply directly to him
Jeff
Brushless Motors, SC and Zlog for sale
Zlog, on-board altitude recording device with USB interface for pulling logs
$75 Shipped, picture here:
http://pbase.com/mdm/image/65782951
Manufactures we
I have been following this thread with some interest and would to contribute my
two undervalued cents.
First, SIZE does count.
Second, a number of years ago, Don Patterson and I were flying our Jerry
Mirlk's designed AstroJeff's on a perfect day for high altitude flying. High
clouds and some
JAMES EALY wrote:
The biggest problem with the cheapies is that they are not temperature
compensated, or VERY poorly so.
There are 2 types of temperature dependance with respect to electronic
altimeters.
The first is how temperature change affects the pressure sensor's ability to
convert p
Hello all:A couple of year ago we went through this debate and I (was
taken to task) learned a lot about the new $200 alitimeters. However, we are rarely fly overhead, but at some angle, which means we
are much farther away than "up"However, a soarer came on,
who had done his math (geometery)
When using these altitude watches be sure to read the included instructions very closely. Many of the ~$100 watches take pressure readings periodically only once every 2 mins. (or greater) and are made primarily for hikers/skiers. Suuto makes watches that can be set by user to take readings in inte
Many years ago Joe and I had his cross country
plane up to about 8500 ft. AGL. I don't recall the
exact number (it was 8500 and change), but he had one
of the first Casio altimeter watches, and we put it in
his sailplane. We could track the total altitude climb
and descent through the course of
In a message dated 8/25/2006 8:55:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But
if anyone out there can give us some research based information on far a
human can discern an object like a 3m sailplane I'd sure like to hear
it.
That would be good! Also, it would be per
Tapping the cured epoxy set the odors off again, but not quite as
bad when it first cured.
That means the epoxy has not cured 100% yet.
--
Brian Chan
An Electric Airplane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mateo.Ca.USA
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