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dfs wrote:
> Why not just make a mechanical position indicator? Works very well for me
> and is individually calibrated (calibratable?) to any installation.

Because it is not very sexy.

> A pivoted pointer in the cockhouse connected to the appropriate point on the
> flap actuator lever via a flexible push-pull cable similar to a bicycle
> brake cable - the kind that slides inside a flexible tube or housing is
> simple, foolproof and easy to build.

Not that Dan copied the idea from there, but that is how the flap and
elevator trim indicators work on older Mooney's (and maybe even newer
ones).

> A case of simple being better than
> hi-tech - and works even when the power fails or before you turn on the
> master.

I usually set the elevator trim on my Mooney before engine start (or
even master on) -- can't do that with any other kind of an indicator.

Hamid
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