Compass overhaul dream

On 9/30/2007 9:34:50 PM, wrote:

It might be better for the compass but possibly not so good for you.
Eventually you'll hit the right combination of heading and time-of-day
that will make the sun reflect off of that white compass and right into
your eyes.

Dang, never thought of that. Ah well, we're just dreaming here anyhow, right?


--
Peter

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:43:35 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

On 9/30/2007 9:34:50 PM, wrote:

It might be better for the compass but possibly not so good for you.
Eventually you'll hit the right combination of heading and time-of-day
that will make the sun reflect off of that white compass and right into
your eyes.

Dang, never thought of that. Ah well, we're just dreaming here anyhow, right?


the compasses that sit out in the middle of the windscreen are lucky
to last a year without perishing I'm told.
mine at the bottom of the panel goes over 5 years before a leak.

since gps I dont think I've used mine in flight.

matte black for a reason. if it wasnt essential they'd be colour
harmonised with the paint scheme ;-)

Stealth Pilot

Peter R. wrote:
I just had the most realistic dream.

12 posts in this thread and not a wet dream joke in the bunch. And you guys
call yourselves pilots.

Go back and check out Montblack's post. It might have been (a little)
subtle but I hope it wasn't just my own imagination.

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Mike

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Peter R. wrote:
I just had the most realistic dream.

12 posts in this thread and not a wet dream joke in the bunch. And you
guys call yourselves pilots.

Mike Noel wrote:
Go back and check out Montblack's post. It might have been (a little)
subtle but I hope it wasn't just my own imagination.


I missed that one. I new you guys wouldn't let me down.

On Sep 28, 7:20 pm, "Peter R." wrote:
I just had the most realistic dream. In the dream my Bonanza compass had lost
all of its fluid and was looking pretty sad. Concluding that the compass
needed to be replaced, I found a couple of well-respected aviation supply
websites that sold new compasses for a price. However, right there below the
new compasses I spotted what was labeled in my dream a compass repair kit
that sold for less than a tenth of the new compass price. After asking other
pilot/owners in my dream about this, I learned that these safe and
rule-abiding pilots experienced dreams of successfully rebuilding their
compasses.

So in this dream, I decided to buy and try the compass repair kit, knowing
that I could never do this in real life since sometimes the FAA still
operates from rules carved in stone back in the '60s and '70s. When the
package arrived from UPS Brown (yes, I dream in color), I eagerly ran up to
my kitchen table with the kit and compass in hand and proceeded to
disassemble the compass, even though this repair kit was missing a promised
instruction sheet. I was now crossing the rope without a net.

This is where the dream got interesting. In taking the compass apart, I
discovered that the diaphragm in the back of the compass was quite brittle
and torn, which was the source of the leaked fluid. Fortunately the repair
kit came with a shiny new diaphragm for the back and two seals for the glass
on the front of the compass along with a bottle of "official" compass oil
that could fill more than two empty compasses. With only three different
sized flat-head screwdrivers and fifteen minutes of my time, the compass was
back together and filled to the threads with compass fluid. Once again, it
looked happy.

At the conclusion of the dream I awoke smiling, but alas this joy was quickly
grounded upon receiving a real life call from my mechanic telling me that the
alternator clutch needed to be replaced. Such is but one story of the trials
and tribulations of aircraft ownership.

--
Peter

I have twice tried to repair a compass (with a licensed person
assisting) and both times it ended up costing *MUCH* more than just
buying a new one. It seems to be a very difficult science and the odds
of leaking are very, very high after an OH.

Robert M. Gary wrote:


I have twice tried to repair a compass (with a licensed person
assisting) and both times it ended up costing *MUCH* more than just
buying a new one. It seems to be a very difficult science and the odds
of leaking are very, very high after an OH.



I've had an instrument shop overhaul mine with good luck. First time
was about 9 years ago. The other time was last year, and I'm pretty
sure I did that one in by using an auto sytle heat shield in the window
that put the compass in the little greenhouse created between the glass
and the aluminized mylar bubble material starting about a year before
the compass sprung a leak. Took the guy at the shop less than an hour
to rebuild the compass, including re-wiring the lamp in the compass.

On 10/1/2007 1:33:18 PM, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

I have twice tried to repair a compass (with a licensed person
assisting) and both times it ended up costing MUCH more than just
buying a new one. It seems to be a very difficult science and the odds
of leaking are very, very high after an OH.

Perhaps this is compass brand/model dependent? $12 for the kit and 15 minutes
of my time and the unit hasn't leaked a single drop in almost a week?

--
Peter

("Gig 601XL Builder" wrote)
I new you guys wouldn't let me down.


Anyone? Anyone? ....No one?

Anybody? Anybody? ...Nobody?


Montblack :-)
Well, I'm NOT touching it!

On Oct 1, 6:27 pm, "Peter R." wrote:
On 10/1/2007 1:33:18 PM, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

I have twice tried to repair a compass (with a licensed person
assisting) and both times it ended up costing MUCH more than just
buying a new one. It seems to be a very difficult science and the odds
of leaking are very, very high after an OH.

Perhaps this is compass brand/model dependent? $12 for the kit and 15 minutes
of my time and the unit hasn't leaked a single drop in almost a week?

Do that 3 times in 2 weeks and pay $80/hr for an hour each time.

-Robert