----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----You may not need a TSO, but for sure you will need a Field Approval in order to put it in a certificated aircraft.
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----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----James: 1. Can you explain: "EAA says TSO doesn't count for the old 'Coupe on stuff that it did not ship with" Can you point to a reference where I can read and quote that interpretation? Does that mean that if I install a VSI, it does not need to be TSO? 2. What size horn (suction in inches) are you using to drive your artificial horizon? Are you using a 5 or a 8 inch? If an 8 inch, did you install a regulator to turn down the suction? Thanks Eliacim Cortes N87071 Quoting "James B. Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Last summer I splurged and installed an attitude indicator. In doing my shopping, eBay looked less and less attractive, as there's a fair chance that an eBay instrument will need a rebuild (on top of you auction "deal"). I ended up getting a factory rebuild directly from Kelly Manufacturing (R. C. Allen instrument) and it was for all intents & purposes a new instrument, complete with FAA pedigree (TSO'd, and whatever paper they like for a certified aircraft, albeit EAA says TSO doesn't count for the old 'Coupe on stuff that it did not ship with). Anyway, they sent me a lovely instrument that was mostly new parts and works beautifully. $400. Ed, if you need a 2" venturi to drive your turn n' bank, I have one "surplus", as I had to get a big honker to drive my artificial horizon. Indeed, I may have a "surplus" turn n' bank soon, too, but it seems to need overhaul of its gyro. The ball part seems stuck, but it's not: it's a no peddles Ercoupe and the ball just sits there. My plane was acquired with a manifold pressure gauge (horizon gyro there now) and the sick turn n' bank. Since none of my instructors put much emphasis on the turn n' bank, I'm thinking of putting a directional gyro there as I think the horizon gyro (plus compass or GPS electronic "directional gyro" or the actual gyro if I follow through) makes the turn n' bank pretty unnecessary. Nevertheless, as they say, different strokes for different folks, and obviously you'd like a turn n' bank... and Shirley at Kelly (800-RCA-GYRO) might be able to fix you up very nicely.Isn't "John Boy", the Kennedy one, not the Denver one?-- whatever - both sad cases. I expect y'all know the singer John was sans medical, it having been pulled owing to too many DUIs? I gather he flew his new toy without becoming truly familiar with it. I read Yeager's autobiography and he indicated that thorough knowledge of the A/C he was flying saved his bacon time and again. Best to you and yours, J. Beach Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED]==============================================================================To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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