X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:00:31 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 920305 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:56:47 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.2; envelope-from=VTAILJEFF@aol.com Received: from VTAILJEFF@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r1.7.) id q.8d.261ab6c2 (25305) for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:56:00 -0400 (EDT) From: VTAILJEFF@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <8d.261ab6c2.2fa4da60@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:56:00 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: 2 1/4" Gauges that Work? X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1114865760" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 1200 -------------------------------1114865760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/30/2005 12:13:25 A.M. Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net writes: I don't know about the airspeed or the altimeter, but you might want to try something with the attitude indicator. Before turning on the battery, cage the attitude indicator. Leave the attitude indicator cage until after your run-up. This will give the unit plenty of time for spin up. Additonally, when you go to shut down, cage the attitude indicator. This will allow for the attitude indicator to last longer, additionally you might find that it works quite well. These type attitude indicators can take a significant time to spin up if not caged. Sometimes on the order of hours! We have one in the ES. Following these steps, it works really well. If you don't do this, I have flown for over an hour without it fully following my attitude. Try it. You may have something else wrong, but this has worked out well for me. Do you have the correct tilt applied to your AI? Mine came with the wrong (8 deg.) tilt. Would always fail in flight swapped out for 0 degree tilt... no problem. Jeff Edwards LIVP N619SJ -------------------------------1114865760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 4/30/2005 12:13:25 A.M. Central Standard Time,=20 marv@lancaironline.net writes:
<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>I don't=20 know about the airspeed or the altimeter, but you might want to=20 try
something with the attitude indicator.  Before turning on the=20 battery, cage
the attitude indicator.  Leave the attitude indicato= r=20 cage until after your
run-up.  This will give the unit plenty of t= ime=20 for spin up.  Additonally,
when you go to shut down, cage the atti= tude=20 indicator.  This will allow for
the attitude indicator to last lon= ger,=20 additionally you might find that it
works quite well.
 
&nb= sp;=20 These type attitude indicators can take a significant time to spin up if=20 not
caged.  Sometimes on the order of hours!  We have one in=20= the=20 ES.  Following
these steps, it works really well.  If you don= 't=20 do this, I have flown for
over an hour without it fully following my=20 attitude.
 
  Try it.  You may have something else=20 wrong, but this has worked out well for
me.
Do you have the correct tilt applied to your AI? Mine came with the wro= ng=20 (8 deg.) tilt. Would always fail in flight swapped out for 0 degree tilt...=20= no=20 problem.
 
Jeff Edwards
LIVP N619SJ
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