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Old May 17th 17, 05:33 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Soartech
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Last year I was looking for such a device to allow me to montitor my speed more easily on approach so I didn't have to glance at the panel during this critical stage of flight. I found this affordable, small box that plumbs into your pitot line and runs on 12V. It is made in England. I only turn it on for landing so I added a power switch. It is made for headphone use so I added a small amplifier circuit to drive a speaker.(Will supply schematic if you want it.) I am pretty happy with it and thought others might like to know about it. This device should really help pilots avoid the stall-spin on approach problem as well as achieving a low-energy touchdown.
Link: http://www.smartavionics.com/prod-smartass.html
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Old May 17th 17, 09:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 11:33:56 AM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
Last year I was looking for such a device to allow me to montitor my speed more easily on approach so I didn't have to glance at the panel during this critical stage of flight. I found this affordable, small box that plumbs into your pitot line and runs on 12V. It is made in England. I only turn it on for landing so I added a power switch. It is made for headphone use so I added a small amplifier circuit to drive a speaker.(Will supply schematic if you want it.) I am pretty happy with it and thought others might like to know about it. This device should really help pilots avoid the stall-spin on approach problem as well as achieving a low-energy touchdown.
Link: http://www.smartavionics.com/prod-smartass.html


Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike
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Old May 17th 17, 09:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Soartech
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No.
Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike


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Old May 18th 17, 11:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike the Strike
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On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 1:36:29 PM UTC-7, Soartech wrote:
No.
Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike


I already have too many talking instruments. Gauges (and appliances) should be seen and not heard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

Mike
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Old May 18th 17, 11:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:19:57 -0700, Mike the Strike wrote:

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 1:36:29 PM UTC-7, Soartech wrote:
No.
Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike


I already have too many talking instruments. Gauges (and appliances)
should be seen and not heard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

Good one!

I have two noise-making instruments -vario and FLARM. My ASI is silent
and mounted where it belongs: top dead centre in the panel.


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Old May 19th 17, 02:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Aha, finally found out who thought making glass-bottled ketchup worked just fine. Just kidding, but I think an audio-enabled ASI would be a good safety addition in reducing work-load during the most critical phases of flight (as long as one maintains visual instrument scans of course). Might have come in handy for at least some of those low altitude base/final turn accidents? Expensive at ~$300 and wonder if our flight computer software couldn't be modified to include audio warnings (using ASI, not gps input).
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Old May 23rd 17, 03:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Mike the Strike wrote on 5/18/2017 3:19 PM:
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 1:36:29 PM UTC-7, Soartech wrote:
No.
Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike


I already have too many talking instruments. Gauges (and appliances) should be seen and not heard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

Mike


And most of us have the talking radio, too.

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Old May 23rd 17, 06:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jonathan St. Cloud
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Funny. My LX9070 also tells me the vario readout in addition to the audio vario signal.
On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 7:47:03 PM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Mike the Strike wrote on 5/18/2017 3:19 PM:
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 1:36:29 PM UTC-7, Soartech wrote:
No.
Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI?

Tom BravoMike


I already have too many talking instruments. Gauges (and appliances) should be seen and not heard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

Mike


And most of us have the talking radio, too.

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf


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Old May 19th 17, 10:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:33:56 PM UTC-4, Soartech wrote:
Last year I was looking for such a device to allow me to montitor
my speed more easily on approach


Open the air vents on downwind.
Good airspeed audio queue that costs nothing...
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Old May 20th 17, 01:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 10:58:29 PM UTC+1, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:33:56 PM UTC-4, Soartech wrote:
Last year I was looking for such a device to allow me to montitor
my speed more easily on approach


Open the air vents on downwind.
Good airspeed audio queue that costs nothing...


I am interested to hear that someone else does that - I always do. Also, I always open the vent before a winch launch in case there is a cable break after which airspeed judgement can be notoriously difficult.
 




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