X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:33:02 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta13.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.5) with ESMTP id 1455820 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:52:47 -0400 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.44; envelope-from=jn@elp.rr.com Received: from [192.168.1.2] (really [69.172.150.185]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20061011135207.ZCGI6711.mta13.adelphia.net@[192.168.1.2]>; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:52:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed X-Original-Message-Id: <3467ECDB-DEC2-4277-8811-C32F203C28D3@elp.rr.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Joseph Neustein, MD" Subject: Stormscope and carbon fiber airplanes X-Original-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:52:05 -0600 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Well I got good news and bad news to share. The good news is that after a long!!!!! gestation my avionics panel from LancairAvionics is ready to be shipped. The bad news is that the WX500BF GOODRICH stormscope has, according to Steve Gardner from LancairAvionics, never been successfully installed in a carbon fiber experimental airplane and they recommended I not install the unit. The Certified Columbia 400 was apparently difficult enough for L-3 to design and they were successful because the other avionics were positioned so as not to interfere with the stormscope since no two experimentals are alike, L-3 cannot predict that what worked in the eglass Columbia 400 will work in a carbon fiber experimental. Are there any experimental builders out there who can share their thoughts on a strike finder in the Lancairs? Has anyone considered alternatives (other than satellite information from WSI/WXworks) such as radar? Thanks: Joseph Neustein, MD ES-P 36YZ 75% 10201 Gateway West Suite #201 El Paso, Texas 79925 915-595-2700 office 915-591-1012 office fax 253-595-2709 efax jn@elp.rr.com