Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 243669 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:37:14 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040705153643.MTCR1742.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:36:43 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] RMI was Re: Into the Blue Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:36:48 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01c462a5$e2fdb460$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01C4627B.FA27AC60" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C4627B.FA27AC60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit BTW, I notice that you report your temps in Celsius first. Most Americans avoid metric like the plague. Right you are :-) The RMI I had on my RV-8 was a nice unit, but trying to work with temps in C was a pain. A friend of mine also had a new -8 with the same engine, and we were trying to compare temps. I was also trying to talk to Lycoming about CHT problems. The most common question I got was "what's that in Fahrenheit". When I was getting ready to do the panel in the -3, I emailed RMI and asked if they planned to allow temps to display in F, and they said no. I believe the main reason was that the display only has 3 digits for EGT, and you'd need 4 digits for F. I ruled the RMI out at that point, because I wasn't going to get "stuck" with temps in C again. Cheers, Rusty (never fully converting to metric) ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C4627B.FA27AC60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

BTW, I notice that you report your temps in Celsius = first. Most=20 Americans avoid metric like the plague.

 
Right = you are :-)  =20 The RMI I had on my RV-8 was a nice unit, but trying to work with = temps in=20 C was a pain.  A friend of mine also had a new -8 with the same = engine, and=20 we were trying to compare temps.  I was also trying to talk to = Lycoming=20 about CHT problems.  The most common question I got was "what's = that in=20 Fahrenheit". 
 
When I = was getting ready=20 to do the panel in the -3, I emailed RMI and asked if they planned = to allow=20 temps to display in F, and they said no.  I believe the main reason = was=20 that the display only has 3 digits for EGT, and you'd need 4 digits for = F. =20 I ruled the RMI out at that point, because I wasn't going to get "stuck" = with=20 temps in C again. 
 
Cheers,
Rusty = (never fully=20 converting to metric)



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