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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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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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