---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 09/29/10: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:14 AM - Re: DOTH Thu. 30th Panshangar (John Wighton) 2. 10:28 AM - clouds (Fred Klein) 3. 11:38 AM - Re: DOTH Thu. 30th Panshangar (Steven Pitt) 4. 11:42 AM - Re: Flyins (Steven Pitt) 5. 12:40 PM - Re: Dynon EFIS D100 (Bud Yerly) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:14:42 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: DOTH Thu. 30th Panshangar From: "John Wighton" Hope to see you there. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=314072#314072 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:28:08 AM PST US From: Fred Klein Subject: Europa-List: clouds ...perhaps of interest... > "The person most frequently identified as the father of modern > meteorology was an English pharmacist named Luke Howard, who came to > prominence at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Howard is > chiefly remembered now for giving cloud types their names in 1803. ... > > "Howard divided clouds into three groups: stratus for the layered > clouds, cumulus for the fluffy ones (the word means 'heaped' in > Latin), and cirrus (meaning 'curled') for the high, thin feathery > formations that generally presage colder weather. To these he > subsequently added a fourth term, nimbus (from the Latin for > 'cloud'), for a rain cloud. The beauty of Howard's system was that > the basic components could be freely recombined to describe every > shape and size of passing cloud - stratocumulus, cirrostratus, > cumulocongestus, and so on. It was an immediate hit, and not just in > England. The poet Johann von Goethe in Germany was so taken with the > system that he dedicated four poems to Howard. > > "Howard's system has been much added to over the years, so much so > that the encyclopedic if little read International Cloud Atlas runs > to two volumes, but interestingly virtually all the post-Howard > cloud types - mammatus, pileus, nebulosis, spissatus, floccus, and > mediocris are a > sampling - have never caught on with anyone outside meteorology and > not terribly much there, I'm told. Incidentally, the first, much > thinner edition of that atlas, produced in 1896, divided clouds into > ten basic types, of which the plumpest and most cushiony-looking was > number nine, cumulonimbus.* That seems to have been the source of > the expression 'to be on cloud nine.' > > "For all the heft and fury of the occasional anvil-headed storm > cloud, the average cloud is actually a benign and surprisingly > insubstantial thing. A fluffy summer cumulus several hundred yards > to a side may contain no more than twenty-five or thirty gallons of > water - 'about enough to fill a bathtub,' as James Trefil has noted. > You can get some sense of the immaterial quality of clouds by > strolling through fog - which is, after all, nothing more than a > cloud that lacks the will to fly. To quote Trefil again: 'If you > walk 100 yards through a typical fog, you will come into contact > with only about half a cubic inch of water - not enough to give you > a decent drink.' In consequence, clouds are not great reservoirs of > water. Only about 0.035 percent of the Earth's fresh water is > floating around above us at any moment. > > " *If you have ever been struck by how beautifully crisp and well > defined the edges of cumulus clouds tend to be, while other clouds > are more blurry, the explanation is that in a cumulus cloud there is > a pronounced boundary between the moist interior of the cloud and > the dry air beyond it. Any water molecule that strays beyond the > edge of the cloud is immediately zapped by the dry air beyond, > allowing the cloud to keep its fine edge. Much higher cirrus clouds > are composed of ice, and the zone between the edge of the cloud and > the air beyond is not so clearly delineated, which is why they tend > to be blurry at the edges." > > Author: Bill Bryson > Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:38:53 AM PST US From: "Steven Pitt" Subject: Re: Europa-List: DOTH Thu. 30th Panshangar Sorry guys - no play time for me this week. Several emergencies have just reared their heads which need dealing with before Friday. Would like to do North Weald as a Doth next month. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paddy Clarke" Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:33 PM Subject: Europa-List: DOTH Thu. 30th Panshangar > > Hi Folks, > It looks as though we may have a break in the weather on Thursday, so how > about a DOTH?. > The LAA mag has a voucher for Panshangar, always a good venue. I suggest > there at 1200ish > (mind the noise abatement) > All the Best, Paddy > Paddy Clarke > Europa G-KIMM > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:42:24 AM PST US From: "Steven Pitt" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Flyins Bob et al. Being close to the South coast I was able to make Thorney Island (on Saturday) and Sandown (on Sunday). Saturday was fine if blustery and they seem to have received about 100 aircraft at Thorney and some interesting stuff as well. Sunday was even more blustery and I nearly diverted from Sandown as the crosswind was just about on my limits. Only 20 or so turned up at Sandown far from the 100+ that they hoped for but seeing the low and dark clouds over the North Downs suggested to me that the weather was keeping many of you away. I would recommend a visit to Sandown as there is no doubt the effort that the Specialist Flying School and Clara in the cafe has put in. The only thing that concerns me is that the CAA have notamed the airfield as shut, not just unlicensed. I took this up with them but they said they can only go by what the owners say!!! The next few days may (or may not) clarify. Steve Pitt G-SMDH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C Harrison" Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:20 PM Subject: RE: Europa-List: Flyins > > > Well I tried ....I was late getting to Elstree on Saturday afternoon so > put > the IoW trip off until Sunday. Getting to the field on Sunday I realized > that the weather was not as had been predicted. > So did you have a good fly in to Sandown ? ...and what about the Thorney > Island event ? > Any one have any reports ? > Came back to Wickenby today but never above 1000ft again ! > Well the thought was there ! > Regards > Bob Harrison G-PTAG > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of R Holder > Sent: 23 September 2010 17:35 > To: europa-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: Europa-List: Flyins > > >> Also this weekend is the (supposed) closure of Sandown >> airfield on the Isle of Wight. One of our members Richard >> Holder mentioned yesterday at our Doth that a flyin was >> arranged for this weekend. I also spoke to one of my >> neighbours at Popham who had visited Sandown yesterday and >> reitterated that it is still open, an injunction has >> successfully been served to prevent the runway from being >> shut and the cafe has been removed to the North side and >> is open for business. > >> I spoke to the owner of Specialist Flying School on the >> north side of the airfield today 23rd Sept(01983 402402) >> who served the injunction and he reitterated that the >> airfield will remain open and the cafe is functioning with >> all day breakfasts etc. All will be very welcome and >> landing fees remain the same as before (6 microlights, >> 10 class A aircraft etc). He did point out that the >> airfield is unlicensed and they are trying to get the >> strip properly mowed and cared for. PPR would be >> appreciated on the number above and the frequency remains >> the same. > > The Flyer Forum fly-in to Sandown is planned for Sunday 26th. > > To show solidarity ! > > Richard > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:40:22 PM PST US From: "Bud Yerly" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Dynon EFIS D100 Dynon EFIS D100Ferg, If you can keep the panel cool, that is below about 50C they are bullet proof. Claude Tugwell's was installed by someone else and would go blank at about 50C. It still was working, but the video blanked. I installed with him and Jim some cooling fans and inlet ducts which took care of that. Easy to hook up, magnetometer is a bit funny as the OAT sensor goes through it. Updates have to be done from a computer, which is a pain for those without a laptop. (I prefer a unit that has a USB stick input or flash card for updates.) I have installed two D100/FD180s, two D10As and they are painless. Price wise look too at the larger (somewhat) Trutrak EFIS GP at $2200 and it looks like a great system. It uses knobs for input which I like. Upgrades are easy, and if you want autopilot it is really easy to upgrade to one or two axis. I am not flying this one. Have two Grand Rapids and one more D180 to install in the shop and am behind. My personal unit is a Blue Mountain G4 and works great...Expensive to update databases, but otherwise has proven to be bullet proof. Until it breaks down, then no service I guess. I need to get on the stick and get some work done...Regards Bud Custom Flight Creations ----- Original Message ----- From: Fergus Kyle To: 5EUROPALIST Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:03 PM Subject: Europa-List: Dynon EFIS D100 i am on the point of changing my instrument panel from a silly old homemade EFIS to a Dynon D100 box. I have the room; the wiring is MUCH easier; the job will close much earlier..... If any one on list has used this box, I would appreciate any comment PLUS is there any complaint of heat dissipation - about the only point left to contemplate so far? 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