About digital meters

wrote:

I ask a fool question:
Being an Ultralight pilot, do you prefer mechanical flight instruments
or digital meters?

One of my Chinese customers told me they prefer mechanical aircraft
instruments. Since they are more reliable than digital meters. They
are easy to read, liking a car derving meters.
But I have a little bit doubt. I knew digital meters are developing
direction. But I did not know where parts were popular used now in
digital meters,such as VAI, ALT, ASI, ADI or engine meters, in American
ultralight airplanes.

Luo


Still looking for a good mechanical volt meter for my plane.

Had to make do with an electric one, but still looking...


Richard

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:46:55 GMT, cavelamb
wrote:

Still looking for a good mechanical volt meter for my plane.

Had to make do with an electric one, but still looking...

Describe your needs; they are easily available, but prices are not low
anymore with mechnical things costing more than electronic.

Stacked LEDs with whatever resolution wanted is a compromise I've seen
implemented in lots of INDUSTRIAL displays. I even saw one with an
arc of pixels which seemed even better than a meter; the digital value
was within the arc.

I've done meters that read from 21 to 26 volts to put on control
panels for equipment using a "nominal" 24V.

Have a good day,

George

cavelamb wrote:
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Still looking for a good mechanical volt meter for my plane.

Had to make do with an electric one, but still looking...

Hygrometer in battery, hooked up to a dial?

Ian Stirling wrote:

cavelamb wrote:
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Still looking for a good mechanical volt meter for my plane.

Had to make do with an electric one, but still looking...


Hygrometer in battery, hooked up to a dial?


Say the magic woid and win a duck!

I guess it didn't do well in chineese...


Richard