X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-05.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.6) with ESMTP id 1862686 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:00:39 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.104; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.75] (cpe-066-057-038-121.nc.res.rr.com [66.57.38.121]) by ms-smtp-05.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1Q0xp9V000206 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:59:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45E2310B.5030407@nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:59:55 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Last Screen Display Photos References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Ed Anderson wrote: > You have a good point. Dave. > > I wanted to occupy the smallest amount of instrument space consistent with a readable display. Until the new OLED type display became available, I just was not happy about the quality. The old one was readable under most lighten and viewing conditions but not all. This one is much, much better. > > At the moment, I had planned to package it for the 2 1/4" dia standard instrument hole. The trouble is I have found no source of reasonably priced instrument cases. I did find a few metal ones with minor flaws and even those were $25 apiece on sale. > > I know somebody much make them - plastic would undoubtedly be cheaper. But, the instrument can be mounted in a black plastic box as far as that goes. > > I scratch my head a bit more over this issue. > Seems like you could produce some convincing 'instruments' with a length of PVC pipe and plate.