I am not sure if it is Winter or PZL. Winter have a wheel at rear of face
which adj zero. Place the inst level normal way up - note position and then
tip upside down and note new position - If different you have problems and
if I had to would evetually get rebalanced. Personally if 15 years old or
more I would send it back to Winter in Germany PO Box 6 Jungingen and Achim
is your man. New faces with winter do not cost much and is worthwhile.
When they come back they are BETTER than new - trust me. Money well spent.
If PZL well personally I would bin it - they are not as repairable as winter
for various reasons - You get what you pay for
Ian McPhee
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Giddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:24 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.
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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."
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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.
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5/287 Barkers Rd
Kew, Victoria, 3101
AUSTRALIA
tel/fax: +61 (0)3 9818 4524
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