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I am a little surprised that people still send Winter varios and
ASIs for service to GA instrument shops and often these places run into
trouble and call for help.
About every 15 to 20 years a Winter Vario is best sent back to Winter in
Germany where they clean balance and bring up to the latest standard. This
costs DM120 to DM150 and is well worth while as you will be surprised how fast
it will become again and it is usually back within the month. At the same time
you might consider a new face which is very inexpensive If it is only
balance or rezeroing then I can do that in Australia. Any old Winter is
worth bringing back into service as new is expensive.
With ASIs the same applies and conversions of old Km/h or mph to new
kts can be done at little expense - much less than people pay in Australia and
much neater. They are mutton dressed up as lamb but are very good.
For gliding centres that have many overseas visitors you can have a Kts
face with also the main Km/h speeds on as well in another colour and
small. Also new faces can have zero either at top or
bottom.
I have been dealing with Winter in Germany since December 1971 but you are
welcome to send direct to
G Winter GmbH & Co KG
Box 6
D-72417 Jungingen
Germany
They will probably want payment in advance and the man to talk to is Achim
Winter tel 001149 7477 262 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
you can send via me as I have one or two packages leaving Winter each
month. I charge a 10% handling fee and there is 10% GST but you do
not have to organise payment to them. They do not accept credit
card
Ian Mc Phee
Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia Tel (61) 266 847 642 (Fax 942) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mrsoaring.com for radios xponders microphones wingstands instruments and more |
