---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 08/19/07: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:59 AM - Re: Sighting device for Yak-55M (Ira Saligman) 2. 07:55 AM - Re: Sighting device for Yak-55M (Herb Coussons) 3. 09:07 AM - Re: Sighting device for Yak-55M (Brian Lloyd) 4. 09:26 AM - Re: Sighting device for Yak-55M () 5. 10:47 AM - Yak 55 Article (Herb Coussons) 6. 10:58 AM - Sighting Guage yak 55 (Herb Coussons) 7. 11:03 AM - 3 great iPhotos (Herb Coussons) 8. 11:03 AM - Yak 55 article (Herb Coussons) 9. 11:04 AM - Fw: Sighting Guage yak 55 (Herb Coussons) 10. 11:19 AM - SIghting guage and Yak 55 (Herb Coussons) 11. 05:58 PM - YAK 55 (Walt Murphy) 12. 09:18 PM - [ Vincent Palermo ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! (Email List Photo Shares) 13. 09:30 PM - oil additives (Jerry Painter) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:59:10 AM PST US From: "Ira Saligman" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Sighting device for Yak-55M Has anyone had any experience with using pin striping tape on the side of the canopy for sighting attitude angles? Ira Saligman o 610 940 0420 c 610 324 5500 f 215 243 7699 isaligman@Saligman.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:55:22 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Re: Yak-List: Sighting device for Yak-55M I have seen this, and sat in a pits with it. My first impression the focal length of my eyes is such that I cannot find a happy medium. Either the horizon or the tape is way out of focus. By putting a sighting device on the wing farther out it is easier to "look through" the device and see the horizon. Or look at the device and see the horizon in the distance. Maybe I just need to admit I need bifocals :( Herb In Reply to Kirill I am not currently building anything. I have some photos of some that I could forward if you like. Herb On Aug 19, 2007, at 5:58 AM, Ira Saligman wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with using pin striping tape on the > side of the canopy for sighting attitude angles? > > Ira Saligman > > > o 610 940 0420 > c 610 324 5500 > f 215 243 7699 > > isaligman@Saligman.com > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:07:39 AM PST US From: Brian Lloyd Subject: Re: Yak-List: Sighting device for Yak-55M On Aug 19, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Herb Coussons wrote: > I have seen this, and sat in a pits with it. My first impression > the focal length of my eyes is such that I cannot find a happy > medium. Either the horizon or the tape is way out of focus. By > putting a sighting device on the wing farther out it is easier to > "look through" the device and see the horizon. Or look at the > device and see the horizon in the distance. I was just using this in a Pitts for some aerobatic refresher training. (I haven't flown much acro for about 5 years and felt it would be a good idea to have a good instructor help me knock the rust off.) I know what you are saying in that, the tendency is to focus your eye on the horizon which makes the tape go out of focus. I found that I adapted very quickly and using it to determine pitch angle relative to the horizon was not a problem. OTOH, something no one has mentioned but is probably significant is setting a lateral sight-point on the horizon. If you have a sighting device out on the wing tip it will help you identify yaw when horizontal or roll when vertical. > Maybe I just need to admit I need bifocals :( (Sorry, bifocals won't help because the tape and the horizon are in the same plane.) -- Brian Lloyd 3191 Western Drive brian HYPHEN 1927 AT lloyd DOT com Cameron Park, CA 95682 +1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax) I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . . Antoine de Saint-Exupry PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:26:56 AM PST US From: Subject: Re: Yak-List: Sighting device for Yak-55M Bifocals will not help. Even with multifocal lenses, you can only focus at one distance at a time. Putting the sighting device on the wing tip moves it far enough that the eye considers it at infinity. Then the eye can focus on the sighting device and the horizon at the same time. eb (ophthalmologist) Herb Coussons wrote: > > Maybe I just need to admit I need bifocals :( > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:47:53 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: Yak 55 Article I found this article by accident looking through some old IAC magazines. I have searched for lots of info on the 55 and never run across this. I have another article by Allan Cassidy that compares the 55 and Sukhoi. Enjoy. Herb 55:26537 55:26538 55:26539 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 10:58:48 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: Sighting Guage yak 55 Here are a few photos of a variety of designs. I would also put a small streamer on the design for tailslides, torque rolls, and any other maneuvers that are in reverse. Herb calaverasdave0020 27397_1158769335 93043_1179155964 00 011 opp05_dembinski_th3 copy c-4 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 11:03:37 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: 3 great iPhotos I found this article by accident looking through some old IAC magazines. I have searched for lots of info on the 55 and never run across this. I have another article by Allan Cassidy that compares the 55 and Sukhoi. Enjoy. Herb 5526537 5526538 5526539
________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 11:03:42 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: Yak 55 article ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 11:04:26 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: Fwd: Sighting Guage yak 55 Begin forwarded message: > From: Herb Coussons > Date: August 19, 2007 12:56:38 PM CDT > To: yak-list@matronics.com > Subject: Sighting Guage yak 55 > > Here are a few photos of a variety of designs. > I would also put a small streamer on the design for tailslides, > torque rolls, and any other maneuvers that are in reverse. > Herb > > =EF=BC > calaverasdave0020.jpg > > =EF=BC > 27397_1158769335.jpg > > =EF=BC > 93043_1179155964.jpg > > =EF=BC > 00011.jpg > > =EF=BC > opp05_dembinski_th3 copy.jpg > > =EF=BC > c-4.jpg > > ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 11:19:46 AM PST US From: Herb Coussons Subject: Yak-List: SIghting guage and Yak 55 Here is link to a few photos of a variety of designs. I would also put a small streamer on the design for tailslides, torque rolls, and any other maneuvers that are in reverse. I also included an article that I found by accident comparing the 55 to a Sukhoi. I had searched for info on 55s and never found this one. I had seen the review by Allan Cassidy before. The page also has some old videos - 3 years old. I have some new video of inverted spins and tumbles in the 52. I'll try to post in the next few weeks. http://web.mac.com/hscuzz/iWeb/Yak%20Videos/Yak55.html Herb ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 05:58:13 PM PST US From: Walt Murphy Subject: Yak-List: YAK 55 Can anyone tell me what the max speed is for flying a 55 with the canopy open? Thanks, Walt ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 09:18:44 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: [ Vincent Palermo ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! From: Email List Photo Shares A new Email List Photo Share is available: Poster: Vincent Palermo Lists: Yak-List,Warbird-List Subject: Phil Brown / Yak-54TW http://www.matronics.com/photoshare/vpalermo@tampabay.rr.com.08.19.2007/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------- o Main Photo Share Index http://www.matronics.com/photoshare o Submitting a Photo Share If you wish to submit a Photo Share of your own, please include the following information along with your email message and files: 1) Email List or Lists that they are related to: 2) Your Full Name: 3) Your Email Address: 4) One line Subject description: 5) Multi-line, multi-paragraph description of topic: 6) One-line Description of each photo or file: Email the information above and your files and photos to: pictures@matronics.com ---------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 09:30:17 PM PST US From: "Jerry Painter" Subject: Yak-List: oil additives Reminds of back in the late sixties (68?). Graham Hill was asked if he thought using STP (car sponsor) at the Indy 500 (he won that year) was beneficial. His response: "It doesn't seem to hurt anything and they pa y us a lot of money to put their logo on the car, so we use it." Jerry Painter Wild Blue Aviation 425-876-0865 flywba.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-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/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-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.