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Barographs?
Anyone have a Barograph or two sitting on a shelf collecting dust? I
would like to put one or two of these relics back into service generating FAI Badges. Replogle preferred as that is what I have experience with, however I'll consider any other model. Thanks! Tony |
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Barographs?
I've got an old Replogle you can have. Contact me off line at jcarlyle
at interserv dot com. -John On May 24, 1:53 pm, Tony wrote: Anyone have a Barograph or two sitting on a shelf collecting dust? I would like to put one or two of these relics back into service generating FAI Badges. Replogle preferred as that is what I have experience with, however I'll consider any other model. Thanks! Tony |
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On May 24, 11:06*am, jcarlyle wrote:
I've got an old Replogle you can have. Contact me off line at jcarlyle at interserv dot com. Now you're spoiling the whole "retro" experience with modern technology! He should be made to smoke foils and learn how to seal them without blowing the trace away. Andy |
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Barographs?
On May 24, 1:36*pm, Andy wrote:
On May 24, 11:06*am, jcarlyle wrote: I've got an old Replogle you can have. Contact me off line at jcarlyle at interserv dot com. Now you're spoiling the whole "retro" experience with modern technology! *He should be made to smoke foils and learn how to seal them without blowing the trace away. Andy I have an OK brand on the shelf that uses smoked foil. And yes my first 500K was blown away when the official observer hit it too hard with the hairspray. Had to go back and fly it again. |
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Barographs?
On May 24, 2:36*pm, Andy wrote:
On May 24, 11:06*am, jcarlyle wrote: I've got an old Replogle you can have. Contact me off line at jcarlyle at interserv dot com. Now you're spoiling the whole "retro" experience with modern technology! *He should be made to smoke foils and learn how to seal them without blowing the trace away. Andy i actually would really love to use a smoke barograph, i just don't have one. Maybe I should try to find one for use in my upcoming gold and diamond attempts. Club lore here is of one fellow who rummaged around in the trunk of his car for the spray can of stuff to seal the barograph. turns out he grabbed a can of carb cleaner in the dark. bye bye trace. |
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On May 24, 2:59*pm, Tim Taylor wrote:
On May 24, 1:36*pm, Andy wrote: On May 24, 11:06*am, jcarlyle wrote: I've got an old Replogle you can have. Contact me off line at jcarlyle at interserv dot com. Now you're spoiling the whole "retro" experience with modern technology! *He should be made to smoke foils and learn how to seal them without blowing the trace away. Andy I have an OK brand on the shelf that uses smoked foil. *And yes my first 500K was blown away when the official observer hit it too hard with the hairspray. *Had to go back and fly it again. ok maybe ill take the cambridge AND the barograph |
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Barographs?
Of course, you will have to bungee launch off a hill in a primary
glider attached to your barograph...with a Model T as a retrieve vehicle. In otherwords, why bother? We pay a lot of tax money to support the GPS system, get some use out of it! And be sure to check the SSA site for the recording requirements for badge flights - barographs are only valid for badge altitude or time claims, or badge distance without turnpoints. Probably a lot easier to ask around and borrow a proper GPS logger - you will definitely make the badge lady happier, and get to relive the flight via SeeYou afterwards - and let us enjoy it on OLC! Cheers, Kirk (Save a tree, fly a plastic glider) 66 |
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On May 24, 3:21*pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:
Of course, you will have to bungee launch off a hill in a primary glider attached to your barograph...with a Model T as a retrieve vehicle. In otherwords, why bother? *We pay a lot of tax money to support the GPS system, get some use out of it! And be sure to check the SSA site for the recording requirements for badge flights - barographs are only valid for badge altitude or time claims, or badge distance without turnpoints. Probably a lot easier to ask around and borrow a proper GPS logger - you will definitely make the badge lady happier, and get to relive the flight via SeeYou afterwards - and let us enjoy it on OLC! Cheers, Kirk (Save a tree, fly a plastic glider) 66 Kirk, I've got a loaner Cambridge 25 in the Cherokee which I really love. But Leah's cherokee has no such device and there are a few guys in the club who are barograph free not to mention the club itself only has 1 barograph but 3 gliders. I just like the idea of having a few barographs around in case one of my students or friends are going flying on a day where a badge leg or state record could be claimed. |
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On May 24, 1:39*pm, Tony wrote:
club who are barograph free not to mention the club itself only has 1 barograph but 3 gliders. *I just like the idea of having a few barographs around in case one of my students or friends are going flying on a day where a badge leg or state record could be claimed. Bah, save yourself a ton of trouble. Buy a self-contained unit like the ewMicroRecorder. Its perfect for a club setting, has an internal battery, a simple on-off switch (and no other complications), and requires just a standard USB cable (or SD card reader) to download your flight. If you want to get "fancy" you can hook it up to a PDA for a moving-map navigation system; but if you just want to log flights you only need what comes in the box! Take care, --Noel |
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On May 24, 3:45*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On May 24, 1:39*pm, Tony wrote: club who are barograph free not to mention the club itself only has 1 barograph but 3 gliders. *I just like the idea of having a few barographs around in case one of my students or friends are going flying on a day where a badge leg or state record could be claimed. Bah, save yourself a ton of trouble. *Buy a self-contained unit like the ewMicroRecorder. *Its perfect for a club setting, has an internal battery, a simple on-off switch (and no other complications), and requires just a standard USB cable (or SD card reader) to download your flight. *If you want to get "fancy" you can hook it up to a PDA for a moving-map navigation system; but if you just want to log flights you only need what comes in the box! Take care, --Noel i just saw one used on W&W. Based on what I paid for my last Replogle we could have 8 barographs ready to go in club ships, privately owned single seaters, whatever, for the price of one EW. |
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