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A Talking Airspeed Indicator
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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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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Any influence on the readings of the glider's ASI? Tom BravoMike |
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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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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. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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A Talking Airspeed Indicator
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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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. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "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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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. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "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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A Talking Airspeed Indicator
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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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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