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Old July 4th 05, 10:06 PM
Darrel Toepfer
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Jerry Springer wrote:
Morgans wrote:


How accurate and reliable are those things? I'll bet they are not
accurate to more than 2 degrees, and reliable?

Good for guesses, but I wouldn't even want to build a house with one, let
alone an airplane.

Sorry if I step on any toes with this.


Guess you would never ride with me in my RV-6 then because that is what
I used. On July 14 I will have been flying it for 16 years so I guess
they must work. You are right I would never build a house with one.:-)


They were good enough for 2 degree spacing for satellite antenna
alignments. Course 2 degrees at 22,300 miles is a far piece and that was
over 20 years ago...