Great pics Mark! I live down this way and recently walked the 6 odd miles from Kimmeridge to Lulworth Cove - if only the weather over here was that good all year round....
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: > NetHeads, > > My wife recently bought me a gizmo to weigh my bag before I come back over > from here (I didn't want to bring my 10-pound 400 lb scale that I bought for > weight and balances), and it's only $15-$20 (at least that's what you would > admit). Last night I was trying to figure out what else I could do with it, > and it occured to me that it might as well have been custom designed to read > stick forces! It even reads in tenths of a pound. See > http://www.balanzza.com/ for details. I think it was bought at Target or > somewhere similar. I smell stick force testing in the air. The only > irritating thing is that it locks in on a number after a second or so, > rather than a continuous reading, but I think it'll be helpful. > > Also, I'm in the middle of filling in my logbook (the last entry was > November), and it looks like I'm going to break 760 hours in the KR. The > EIS info is how I really keep up with flights and hours. I name each flight > a "flight number" with a little description in the title like "LCL" or > "OSH-return", and the hobbs hours are in the file. Number of landings is > easy...I just scroll through the airspeed and altitude columns to find where > I slowed down below 50 mph, and count each one of those as a landing. It's > either a landing or a crash, anyway. The date of the flight is the date of > the EIS log file. I also reference the EIS file number in the logbook > entry, so I can always go back and find a second-by-second account of the > flight if I ever need it. > > Horton and Jones are tring to close the gap, but I'll be back for good in > 2-3 months. > > Oh, and here's the link to where I went on the recent "bank holiday > monday", May 25th. See > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/andover/durdle_door/ for what I think are > some pretty cool pictures from 50 miles south of here. > > Mark Langford > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > website at http://www.N56ML.com <http://www.n56ml.com/> > > -------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ... I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan
