MK IV yaw string installation ....

I am looking forward to the MK V digital audio yaw string. I hope we can select what annoying sound to hear when we are not coordinated.

Boggs

On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:26:07 -0800 (PST), Waveguru
wrote:

I am looking forward to the MK V digital audio yaw string. I hope we can select what annoying sound to hear when we are not coordinated.

Great! Now I won't have to import metric yarn for my German ship any
more.

rj

On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 12:26:07 PM UTC-6, Waveguru wrote:
I am looking forward to the MK V digital audio yaw string. I hope we can select what annoying sound to hear when we are not coordinated.



Boggs


Have you heard the rumor the digital version will have an output for driving an artificial horizon?...Also, the planned Mark VI upgrade will be an IR sensor suite for thermal location assistance. (The Mark V will have to be shipped back to the factory for this upgrade.)

Might not want the rules committee to hear about some of this stuff...


Mark IV plank owner...

On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:03:43 PM UTC-8, RAS56 wrote:


Have you heard the rumor the digital version will have an output for driving an artificial horizon?...Also, the planned Mark VI upgrade will be an IR sensor suite for thermal location assistance. (The Mark V will have to be shipped back to the factory for this upgrade.)


Might not want the rules committee to hear about some of this stuff...


Mark IV plank owner...


Typically, when people hear a new version is forthcoming they'll delay their purchase to wait for the new one. Thus sales plummet and the struggling company is unable to fund R&D needed to bring the new version to market - - then they go bankrupt.

I want to assure all that when the new MKVI* electronic, with IR thermal sensing, PowerFlarm anti-collision interface, and Micro-Mems solid state horizon (those contest rules guys won't even notice the micro-miniature OLED display without using a 10X jeweler's loupe) is available, MKIV customers will be able to trade in there analog MKIV for a new MKVI at no charge - - FREE! (Just pay shipping and handling of 30 AMU's.)

*Not all MKVI features will be functional upon initial release. We are concentrating all our efforts on getting the yarn to reliably indicate yaw prior to working on other promised features.

bumper

bumper wrote:
On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:03:43 PM UTC-8, RAS56 wrote:


Have you heard the rumor the digital version will have an output for
driving an artificial horizon?...Also, the planned Mark VI upgrade will
be an IR sensor suite for thermal location assistance. (The Mark V will
have to be shipped back to the factory for this upgrade.)


Might not want the rules committee to hear about some of this stuff...


Mark IV plank owner...


Typically, when people hear a new version is forthcoming they'll delay
their purchase to wait for the new one. Thus sales plummet and the
struggling company is unable to fund R&D needed to bring the new version
to market - - then they go bankrupt.

I want to assure all that when the new MKVI* electronic, with IR thermal
sensing, PowerFlarm anti-collision interface, and Micro-Mems solid state
horizon (those contest rules guys won't even notice the micro-miniature
OLED display without using a 10X jeweler's loupe) is available, MKIV
customers will be able to trade in there analog MKIV for a new MKVI at no
charge - - FREE! (Just pay shipping and handling of 30 AMU's.)

*Not all MKVI features will be functional upon initial release. We are
concentrating all our efforts on getting the yarn to reliably indicate
yaw prior to working on other promised features.

bumper

Have you considered offering custom fiber options for the yarn? Hemp
offerings may become more popular in CO and WA in the near future :-D

Pete (owner of a MkIV)

I just received my Mark IV for Christmas. I appreciate the detailed instructions. Should I use any type of specialized instrument to trim the length of the yaw indicating natural fiber unit?

XF

On Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:08:12 AM UTC-8, wrote:
I just received my Mark IV for Christmas. I appreciate the detailed instructions. Should I use any type of specialized instrument to trim the length of the yaw indicating natural fiber unit?



XF

MKIV's are made with a long yarn so the owner can trim it to the preferred length. No specialized instrument is required, though chewing through the yarn makes for a ragged end.

Early MKI's were mostly trimmed using a sharp flake chipped of a handy flint rock. We've come a ways and now a pair of scissors is the suggested device. However, lasers, meat cleavors, shaped charges, or any of a number of other devices might be pressed into service. Use your imagination.

Don't forget to re-knot the end.

bumper

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OPFPaDPNx5w

Bumper,

My Mark IV worked incredibly well all last season, as you can tell in the above shamelessly plugged video. I'm sure you'll be wanting to use some of the footage for your pending NCAA College Football Nat'l Championship, Super Bowl, or Soccer World Cup ad campaigns.

On another note, at some point you will need a corporate pilot to fly your yaw string company's King Air around, please advise when the application window is open! OR,...if there is flight testing needed on the proposed Mark V's and VI's...I'm your guy! The current gig/cubicle I'm flying...is getting stale, and the flight test excuse may be the "raison d' etre" that surmounts the signifcant other's resistance towards getting a self-launcher that anyone else can plainly see is urgently needed.

ZAP

On Friday, December 28, 2012 8:09:40 PM UTC-8, bumper wrote:
On Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:08:12 AM UTC-8, wrote:

I just received my Mark IV for Christmas. I appreciate the detailed instructions. Should I use any type of specialized instrument to trim the length of the yaw indicating natural fiber unit?


XF

MKIV's are made with a long yarn so the owner can trim it to the preferred length. No specialized instrument is required, though chewing through the yarn makes for a ragged end.

Early MKI's were mostly trimmed using a sharp flake chipped of a handy flint rock. We've come a ways and now a pair of scissors is the suggested device. However, lasers, meat cleavors, shaped charges, or any of a number of other devices might be pressed into service. Use your imagination.

Don't forget to re-knot the end.

bumper
Bumper, can you confirm your PM again please. I tried the ones earlier in this thread but they were bounced by verizon. It looks like it's been a couple of years since you added your contact details in.

Kelvyn