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Old December 12th 14, 05:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
John Galloway[_1_]
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Default TE probe vibration

At 16:18 12 December 2014, Dan Marotta wrote:
....Or maybe the probe's socket has come loose in the matrix of the

fin.
That might be worth checking.


On 12/12/2014 7:05 AM, JJ Sinclair wrote:
Just hang a flag on that puppy and taxi right on in to the ER!
Seriously though, I have seen wildly flopping probes that made me

think
that metal fatigue would surely ensue shortly. Maybe try a different

probe,
one with a stiffer shaft and less weight at the end (triple probe) .
Cheers,
JJ


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Dan Marotta


The original question was to find out whether the natural
ossicaltion/vibration/jiggling of a fit healthy TE probe in flight has any

effect at all on the accuracy of the TE compensation