John, I have a mechanical winter, small one though, and it is in metre/sec, reply off here if you are interested. regards JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Giddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Instrument repair
> I should add that the panel is cut for an 80 mm diameter instrument. > No flask is needed, as a serviceable one is already mounted in the glider. > John G. > -- > John Giddy > 5/287 Barkers Rd > Kew, Victoria, 3101 > AUSTRALIA > tel/fax: +61 (0)3 9818 4524 > > John Giddy wrote: > > Further to my last post on this topic, it now seems that the vario I had > > "repaired" at Independent Instruments is stuffed (technical term). The > > original problem was just a zero error, which I was loth to fix myself, > > as it was not easy to remove the glass to get at the movement. The error > > seemed to be a balance one, rather than a spring setting. > > When I got the vario back from Independent Instruments, it was reading > > zero OK, but was entirely dependent on gravity for the restoration > > force. When I took it back to them, they maintained that there was no > > hairspring in such instruments, and that gravity was always used as the > > restoring force. I had my doubts, but, not having any qualifications in > > the instrumentation area, I felt I couldn't argue. Now that the > > instrument is mounted in the glider and a test flight done, we have > > determined that the vario doesn't work. > > I know I should take it back and complain, but I would rather just get a > > replacement and forget the whole mess. > > > > Does anyone have a secondhand working Winter Variometer for sale please? > > > > I don't want to fit a modern electronic vario, as the glider is a > > Bergfalke II-55, which would have been fitted originally with a > > mechanical vario. > > > > Regards, John G. > > > > John Giddy > > 5/287 Barkers Rd > > Kew, Victoria, 3101 > > AUSTRALIA > > tel/fax: +61 (0)3 9818 4524 > > > > John Giddy wrote: > >> Thanks for that Ian. > >> I don't know, but I suspect that Independent Instruments may be under > >> new management, as I didn't see the old gentleman and lady there on > >> any of my four visits over the last couple of weeks. > >> They always gave great service, but I am not sure the current lot have > >> the same dedication to quality. > >> Cheers, John G. > >> > >> > >> Patching wrote: > >>> Good question John, > >>> We had the same experience. I was going to send my ASIs' to Adelaide > >>> but it is actually cheaper to buy a new one from Wade Air in NSW. I'm > >>> not sure about the other instruments. > >>> The big question is just how old are the instruments? > >>> I am slowly replacing mine with new ones. > >>> Cheers > >>> Ian P. > >>> Kookaburra Precision Soaring Team > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Giddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:59 PM > >>> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Instrument repair > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi All in Victoria, > >>>> Where do people go for repair/calibration of instruments such as > >>>> ASIs, Varios, Altimeters etc. ? > >>>> I have been using Independent Instruments at Moorabbin, but my last > >>>> experience has not been entirely happy, and I would like another > >>>> possibility... > >>>> Cheers, John G. > >>>> -- > >>>> John Giddy > >>>> 5/287 Barkers Rd > >>>> Kew, Victoria, 3101 > >>>> AUSTRALIA > >>>> tel/fax: +61 (0)3 9818 4524 > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
