Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-06 Thread DMcD
If you can only fit one 80mm instrument into your panel, perhaps it should be the ASI? DG gliders certainly recommend exactly this course of action. They regard the ASI as the most important instrument in the panel and therefore it should be large. D

[Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ron Sanders
Guys, anybody out there want to swap two normal sized ASI for two small ones?? Ron Sanders ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Daryl Mackay
Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his opinion that the the 57mm items were not as accurate or as easy to maintain as the equivalent 80mm version made by the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ron Sanders
OK to clarify my situation I have two small ones and want two large ones, is that ok? Ron On 5 September 2011 13:50, Daryl Mackay darylmac...@gmail.com wrote: Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Ian Mc Phee
I for one only have people going from large to small. Actually people buying Altair are my best Winter customers in the last 3 years as they make room in the panel and can easily add $1500 to the cost of Altair package - something that is not often thought about!! There are issues with 57mm 1 or

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Grant Davies
...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Ian Mc Phee Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 9:24 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators I for one only have people going from large

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Catherine Conway
: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators I for one only have people going from large to small. Actually people buying Altair are my best Winter customers in the last 3 years as they make room in the panel and can easily add $1500 to the cost of Altair package - something that is not often thought

[Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators - reply to Ian

2011-09-05 Thread Nigel Andrews
Ian, a lot of the Altair owners were referred to either Tasman or Borgelt for a needle variometer and most bought these - can't see why anyone would pay up to $1,500.00 for a winter mechanical package with no audio and still have to add a flask! Some like myself only use the Vega audio with no

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:15 AM 6/09/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_000_741FE0F31EB34268BA51200F639C2494agilecomau_ Hi Grant If you find out I'm interested. Macca suggested i send my winter with a broken bottom pivot back to Germany but I was

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:50 PM 5/09/2011, you wrote: Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his opinion that the the 57mm items were not as accurate or as easy to maintain as the

Re: [Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators - reply to Ian

2011-09-05 Thread tom claffey
in everything we want into panels is becoming an art-form. LS panels are smaller again! Tom From: Nigel Andrews n.andr...@andrewselectronic.com.au To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:43 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] airspeed indicators

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Catherine Conway
Hi Mike Thanks but no electrical system in the kooka (unless you count my handheld icom) _Cath On 06/09/2011, at 11:30 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote: At 10:15 AM 6/09/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

Re: [Aus-soaring] Airspeed indicators

2011-09-05 Thread Daryl Mackay
On 6 September 2011 10:02, Mike Borgelt mborg...@borgeltinstruments.comwrote: At 10:50 PM 5/09/2011, you wrote: Instrument and ease of use/accuracy: When I spoke to the Sales Manager at the DG Factory about the instruments we were fitting to our DG1000S 4-5 years ago, he expressed his