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Mike thank fuck there are people like you who are not too scared to point
out to these cowboys, that they can do what they want but dont influence
other people.
I fly in an area that is certain death or a ditching if the engine fails on
my 582.My circuit is right over a congested residential area and the sea.
I like to know the fuel mixture of my engine is right and equal.

Ted Heath
ZKTED

"Mike Marini" wrote in message
news:O8FM5.54028$Z2.775124@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> You guys are all cowboys eh?
>
> Its probably true that having thousands of hours flying ULs can give you
the
> confidence
> to fly without instruments or even scheduled maintenance
>
> However, for what its worth, I feel better with MORE info rather than
less.
> We live in an
> area where the atmospheric conditions change drastically in a short time
and
> watched as
> my instructor struggled to keep the 582 in our trainer jetted correctly.
In
> the 701 that I fly
> there isnt enough performance margin available to fly out of mixture. If
> the engine is running
> rich you can usually see it (or smell it) in the run-up but no guarantee
> that you will see a lean
> mixture.
>
> Maybe its a measure of inexperience, but Id go for the gauge anyway
>
> MM
>
> BTW Does anyone use those HAC (altitude compensating carbuerettors) that
I
> see advertised
> in the LEAF catalog? Do they work?
>
>
>
> Mark Smith wrote in message
> news:3A030BE5.106F@trikite.com...
> > Daniel Grunloh wrote:
> >
> > ,,,,,,,,,,,,, the hair was standing up on the back
> > > of my neck. Good engine instruments would not have
> > > helped. Better attention outside the cockpit was needed.
> >
> > Isnt this really the best possible instrument,the little man inside
> > us that says what you are doing is really foolish,
> >
> > glad you have one,,,,,
> >
> > glad I have one too,
> >
> > But for some reason, he says very little when I fly with no EGT gauge
> > !!!!!!
> >
> > and I wish I could make them and sell them to new students !!!!! the
> > little men that is, not the gauges,,,
> > --
> >
> >
> > Mark Smith
> > Tri-State Kite Sales http://www.trikite.com
> > 1121 N Locust St
> > Mt Vernon, IN 47620 mailto:mark@trikite.com
>
>

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