X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:09:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman@cablespeed.com> Received: from mxo6.broadbandsupport.net ([209.55.3.86] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2367370 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:39:14 -0400 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.55.3.86; envelope-from=2thman@cablespeed.com X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman@cablespeed.com> Received: from [66.235.44.170] ([66.235.44.170:65456] helo=Home) by mxo6.broadbandsupport.net (ecelerity 2.1.1.23 r(18304)) with ESMTP id FD/37-10204-46934074 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:52:53 -0400 From: "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Electric Gyro Compass X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:38:30 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <016801c80627$4555a0f0$d000e2d0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcgGJ0SKQcGH+4gIR2+GBcN+bAFkjg== Content-Language: en-us Is this item a thing of the past in our experimental aircraft? I've got a couple of Chelton screens, a GNS 430, a Tru Trak 250 autopilot and will have a wet compass, but my panel is not set up for a mechanical gyro directional indicator. I'm wondering what happens when all the glass goes TU. Am I stuck with wandering after the wet compass to wend my way out of IMC? Does anyone have a line on a 2 1/4" electric gyro? I think if I have an electric AH, and backup VSI, ASI, ALT etc, I'd be lacking if I had to use all these and didn't have a reliable direction indicator to go along with. Any comments? Regards, John Barrett, CEO Barrett/Garrett Enterprises, Inc. PO Box 428 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 www.carbinge.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.39/1045 - Release Date: 10/2/2007 6:43 PM