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Old December 11th 09, 03:57 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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On Dec 10, 3:49*pm, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
On Dec 10, 12:33*pm, Andy wrote:

On Dec 10, 8:46*am, Tony wrote:


Crossfell can't be that rare. I've got 2 of them. One supposedly works
well. *The other one has been floating in the trunk of my car for a
few years.


Why does your car need a vario? *I would think it's high minimum sink
rate would make it a bear to thermal effectively.


;-)


9B


... and what is it floating in? *The trunk of an old Toyota I had
would take on a bit of water in a heavy rain, but not enough for
anything bigger than a peanut to float in. *Maybe you ought to drill
some drainage holes. *Or, you might just relocate the vario to the
dash board. *It's got to be difficult to read, floating around in the
trunk.


Good idea, i suppose I should get that old vario out, try to get it
working again. It has a diaphragm total energy compensator and runs
on 3 D Cells. It would look good in the dash of my Olds Alero.