---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 01/26/11: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:24 AM - Re: Re: Dependable instruments (Pat Ladd) 2. 08:41 AM - Re: Re: Dependable instruments (b young) 3. 08:41 AM - Re: Re: Dependable instruments (Mike Welch) 4. 08:47 AM - Re: Re: Dependable instruments (Mike Welch) 5. 02:39 PM - Sun and Fun 2011 (John Hauck) 6. 03:03 PM - Re: Sun and Fun 2011 (Daniel Myers) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:24:37 AM PST US From: "Pat Ladd" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Dependable instruments It will also be the FIRST time the airspeed instruments will ever be asked to show a useful reading.>> Hi Mike, It is a bonus if your ASI reads spot on. Most ASI`s do not. What IS important is that you know where on the dial the needle points when you stall. It really doesn`t matter what the numbers read. If it reads 30, stay above 30. If it reads 40 stay above 40. That should get the feathers flying Cheers Pat ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:41:03 AM PST US From: "b young" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Dependable instruments It is a bonus if your ASI reads spot on. Most ASI`s do not. What IS important is that you know where on the dial the needle points when you stall. It really doesn`t matter what the numbers read. If it reads 30, stay above 30. If it reads 40 stay above 40. That should get the feathers flying Cheers Pat >>>>>>>>>>>>>> what you say is true enough.... but it helps when you go flying with a friend... to be at least somewhere in the ball park. boyd young mkiii do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:41:21 AM PST US From: Mike Welch Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Dependable instruments Hi Pat=2C You are absolutely correct=2C and I'm quite aware of that. In fact=2C I stated what you said several times. "Whether it reads 40 or 400" comes to mind. Plus=2C t he "that's the 'magic' number to stay above"! This aspect of an ASI I am well aware of . Thanks I also said I wasn't exactly interested in it being "perfect"=2C but rath er=2C that it works at all. If it consistently reads 6 mph fast...or 8 mph too slow=2C I can live with this information=2C providing it does so across it's entire reading scale. In fact=2C I can say that I understand that it doesn't even need to have ANY numbers on it's maiden flight. Right? I mean=2C what a guy would be looking for i s that exact location on the dial where the needle is when a stall is imminent. It would seem to me that an ASI should be more viewed as a "stall warning indicator"=2C in the early stages of initial flights. The pilot should not be so focused on a number=2C but rather the needle's precise position. A 'slightly off' calibration is very tolerable. An ASI that's reads a co nstant 30 whether you're traveling at 45mph AND also 85mph won't be very useful. My little wind tunnel project was simply to establish that "they worked"=2C nothing more than a b asic proof that little spiders or other creatures hadn't made their homes inside the holes. ....(I didn't really think that=2C I was just kidding=2C they are both brand new=2C and kept in their factory boxes prior to installation) However!! Have you guys ever bought something "brand new".....and it work? I have! !! Years ago=2C I owned an old Datsun pickup. It was running poorly and I c ouldn't figure it out=2C so I called a mobile mechanic. He suggested we change the "points and cond ensor"=2C which we did. But after they were installed=2C the truck would not start!! ! We assumed we had the points off a bit=2C or a milion other ideas we tried. Nothing!! A fter screwing with absolutely everything there is to work on for about 3-4 hours=2C and being certain of everything.....we said let's get another new set of points and consensor (a t a different store). Off to the different store=2C then back home=2C installed the new sets. Turned the key....vrooooom. Ran like a top!!! We spent the biggest part of a day wasted=2C due to a de fective "brand new set" of parts. (the condensor was bad) I just didn't want my airspeed system to be included in that list of unpr oven parts=2C that's all. Mike Welch ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:47:03 AM PST US From: Mike Welch Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Dependable instruments List=2C In my previously reply to Pat=2C I asked if everyone had bought something brand new=2C and it worked. Duhh!!! My typo!! I meant "didn't work!!" I had originally said it correctly=2C but then modified it. But after I read it again=2C I reworded it back to what I origanally said=2C but I accidently omitted "didn't". Sorry for the confusion. Mike ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 02:39:30 PM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: Kolb-List: Sun and Fun 2011 Latest dates for Sun and Fun 2011: Sun n Fun March 29, 2011 April 3, 2011 Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL 37th Annual SUN n FUN International Fly-In & Expo I am going to try to fly down on Mar 28 or 29. See you all there. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:03:09 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Sun and Fun 2011 From: Daniel Myers I'll be there too with the searey...I'll definitely stop by kolb and hang out there for a while...I'll be parked next to the mk3x amphibian again this year Thanks, Daniel Myers Cell: 407 920 7700 On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:32 PM, "John Hauck" wrote: > > Latest dates for Sun and Fun 2011: > > Sun n Fun > March 29, 2011 April 3, 2011 > Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, FL > 37th Annual SUN n FUN International Fly-In & Expo > > > I am going to try to fly down on Mar 28 or 29. > > See you all there. > > john h > mkIII > Titus, Alabama > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.