On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:47:31 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:
With built-in flight timers becoming the norm in virtually all new avionics
(heck, even the new transponder I'm getting has one), just wondering if
folks are migrating away from using hobbs/tach time to record their flight
time?

And if you *are* using the flight timer, have you stopped using the old
archaic "1.3 hours" method of recording flight time? Anyone using actual
^^^^^^^

(With a smile) If you look in older logbooks (engine, airframe, or pilots),
all time was logged with actual hours:minutes. Of course they didn't have
electric Hobbs meters and most of the tachs had no time recording, simply
the rpm.

Believe most of the tachs are accurate for time only around cruise rpm
(surely there is some standard for this) so not completely accurate for time
recording except for engine time.

So 'archaic' may not be quite the correct term since _it_ is the newcomer.

Either way would, of course be permissible, but remember that adding any
long list of hours/minutes, you will have to convert min on the total to get
the total hours:min time.

Incidentally, my Maule doesn't have a tach, so I use the ole' watch and
change into unit.decimal for the logbooks. (Easier adding! heehee)

Isn't it nice to have a lazy Sunday where you don't think about anything
more important than this? haahaa

Hope all have happy holidays.

....Edwin

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