On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 10:58:06 AM UTC-5, bumper wrote:
On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 7:02:53 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
You could make a hole in the forward part of the canopy so the
internal strings could get an idea of which way the wind is
blowing...

Dan, 5J

Dan,

Brilliant!

I think you are onto something. However, we might get the same functionality without that drafty hole by training the MKIV's to work as a team. There'd be one inside and one outside, both with tiny magnets so their tails stay aligned. That way when the canopy is all iced up and you can't see a thing outside, you'll still be able to take comfort in knowing which way the wind is blowing as you are falling out of the sky - that being mostly down of course.

bumper

Ummmmmm..... [sarcasm]..... next you'll say, "I need an app to fly IFR when I can't see through the canopy ice/frost"..... then you will get flamed, thus likely providing enough heat (from replies) to melt the ice/frost so you can see again (provided you didn't get stuck in clouds...) [/sarcasm]

BTW {again.... sarcasm....], yaw string (whatever version) is "relative wind", sorta helps with aerodynamics, not so much with terrain [/sarcasm]

OK, so I really tried to "toe the line" on legal as well as prudent.

I'm really hoping most of this thread is "tongue in cheek", sorry to be a "Debbie downer" for those that wanted to spend money for the "latest & greatest" (not that it wouldn't help some....).

Done.

Nomex suit on.