Soaring Aids Variometer

Tim -

Easy enough I suppose. when I first got the Cherokee it had an old
Crossfeld electric vario in it. the audio part didnt work. Either the
flask or the battery was hooked up backwards and when I was in lift it
showed down and when I was in sink it showed lift. Also, the scale was
way off. The highest I ever saw was like 2 feet per second but usually it
was between 1/2 and 1 fps (down) when i was in lift that was stronger than
that. I actually learned how to read that old thing and got fairly good
at working lift with it.


-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y

I sold Soaring Aids Variometers many years ago (20 + years or more) they
were made by Marvin Willis in Arlington Texas..these were even then an old
design but a lot of us liked them back then....always worked pretty well at
the time..if you'll drop me a note I'll give you a Tel# you might try...
tim

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Tim -

Easy enough I suppose. when I first got the Cherokee it had an old
Crossfeld electric vario in it. the audio part didnt work. Either the
flask or the battery was hooked up backwards and when I was in lift it
showed down and when I was in sink it showed lift. Also, the scale was
way off. The highest I ever saw was like 2 feet per second but usually it
was between 1/2 and 1 fps (down) when i was in lift that was stronger than
that. I actually learned how to read that old thing and got fairly good
at working lift with it.


-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y

If the ports are on opposite sides of the case, you can hold you hand in
front of one port and walk around your house. It will show up when you
block your walking speed from the static connection.

You could do a similar thing by connecting a piece of tubing to it and
bending it around so it points back as you walk. Again, the vario will
show up when the capacity port is open to your walking dynamic pressure.

This is probably safer than taking a battery, wires, and a suspicious
looking package to a tall building and trying to use the express elevator
to get to the top floor.

Steve Leonard

On Jul 3, 12:15*am, Steve Leonard wrote:
If the ports are on opposite sides of the case, you can hold you hand in
front of one port and walk around your house. *It will show up when you
block your walking speed from the static connection.

You could do a similar thing by connecting a piece of tubing to it and
bending it around so it points back as you walk. *Again, the vario will
show up when the capacity port is open to your walking dynamic pressure.

This is probably safer than taking a battery, wires, and a suspicious
looking package to a tall building and trying to use the express elevator
to get to the top floor.

Steve Leonard

You crack me up Steve! And I missed you at IVSM

In message , Tim Newport-Peace
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Years ago, there was one of these in a London Gents Outfitters (Horne
Bros, Tottenham Court Road) that had been surreptitiously calibrated for
the purpose testing Varios.

For some reason I cannot imaging you ever going near a Gents Outfitters
- at least not to buy clothes! Did they ever work out what their lift
was being used for? And did it have a lift operator?

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