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jeff(at)westcottpress.com
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: Steam Gauges

I'll be using a few steam gauges to supplement my EFIS.  We don't  

seem to talk about these much, but are there preferred makes/models  

of air speed indicators, altimeters and the like?  Who makes the best  

compass,  or the best electric DG?



Jeff Carpenter

40304

about to join the forward and mid fuse...

N410CF (now a small light at the end of a very long tunnel)

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GRANSCOTT(at)AOL.COM
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: Steam Gauges

In a message dated 10/21/2007 11:19:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  jeff(at)westcottpress.com writes:

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		  Who    makes the best  

compass 	


 

 While one can do what one wants...I'd put in a Vertical Card Compass rather  than a an old style type if I intended to fly IFR.

  

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carl.froehlich(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject: Steam Gauges

I bought the Van's catalog airspeed, tach and VSI, they work as advertised.



For the same price as an RC Allen electric DG, you can have a Dynon D10A

EFIS.  Same size hole, same price, won't die after 400 or so hours, and

provides all the other indications as a backup bonus.



I pulled my RC Allen electric AI and replaced it with a Dynon D10A.  Now I

have a much more reliable AI, plus DG, plus CDI/GS/HSI, etc. 



Carl Froehlich

RV-8A (350 hrs)

RV-10 (wings)



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Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.co
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: Steam Gauges

Jeff,



I have a 2.25" mechanical airspeed indicator from Van's.  I like the concept

but it is 7-10 knots high.  I have had success in the past having them

recalibrated but it has to go back for that.  I'll do it during painting.



The only other "real" gauge is a vertical card compass.  I think it's almost

as good as a DG, and no precession.  They're a little finicky to calibrate

but with some patience the job is doable.  Once set they're pretty accurate.

Mine is a PA-700.



OK, one more.  I have an old fashioned Hobbs meter, for no other reason than

I can go back to the plane to get the time without powering everything on.

That comes in handier than I would have believed.



Dave Saylor

AirCrafters LLC

140 Aviation Way

Watsonville, CA 

831-722-9141

831-750-0284 CL

www.AirCraftersLLC.com



Flying, 28 hrs, almost done with Phase I.



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AirMike

Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Posts: 514
Location: Nevada

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: Steam Gauges

I am getting my panel together right now. I also heartily endorse the PAI vertical card compass. It got me out of hot water after a total electrical failure in my Cessna 182. There is a mount for the cabin support bar and it is really a great compass



I am going with AFS3500 but probably backing it up with the newer 2.25" gauges Airspeed, Altimeter and Mid-Continent AI (expensive). 



BIG IMPORTANT ADVICE get your panel together early on - I waited tooooooo long and now I regret it. You need to cut out the sub panel on the fuselage front upper for the avionics and you have to know early where to do the cut outs. I do not want to do that job upside down.



I love the CNC and the design of my RV10, but it has four major flaws to my thinking.

1. The sub panel that I referred to above should be nut plated and removable to easily install future avionics

2. The back floors should be nut plated and removable - check corrosion

3. the windows should be replaceable with an aluminum bezel not permanently affixed to the airframe - too hard to replace and install

4. A side stick option would add value and sex appeal - making it a direct competitor to Cirrus at $400K

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