simple IFR timers

Gerald Sylvester wrote:


Anyone know of a source of a simple timer for approaches? I had one
years ago that was very simple. It was round with two buttons, one to
start and stop the timer and another to reset it. All I can find now
are the West Bend and others that have a lot more features than I need.
Unfortunately, the yoke timer in the airplane is toast so I'm looking
for something I can just velcro to the yoke or panel.


I have the following:

http://www.lcflight.com/timers.html

and then this one.
CON-5004 4 Channel Alarm/Clock Timer


It is 4 channel but I only use #1 timer for enroute timing and then I
have #4 setup ahead of time with the countdown time for the MAP.
It is very easy to use. Count up and count down. I wish the thing had
a light for night flying and I also wish the alarm was a little louder.
time is set very easily just by pushing the H (hour), M (minute), S
(Second) and then the C (Clear).

I wish pilot would invent a truly great timer. amazing that you get
a Garmin 530's, Avidynes, Autopilots, etc, but can't get a great timer.

Gerald


I agree. The Skylane I owned had, I believe, a Terra NavComm which had
a timer built into the CDI display unit. It's been a few years, but I
think you just toggled a switch to start the timer and this is what I
used for approaches. The nice thing is that the timer was right up
where you are looking during the approach so it was easy to keep track of.


Matt