Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:41:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2480513 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:12:27 -0400 Received: from steve (c-67-161-168-144.client.comcast.net[67.161.168.144](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20030721051224014000mgele>; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 05:12:24 +0000 From: "the colwells" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: Essential Buss versus Fuel Endurance X-Original-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:15:43 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <000001c34f47$227633b0$90a8a143@steve> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C34F0C.7618E250" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C34F0C.7618E250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This discussion has convinced me to put it down on the nearest field and troubleshoot on the ground, however---- Assume you are in the clouds, everything with ship's power is zapped but the engine is running and the airframe still flies. The pitot heat that was keeping occasional ice off is gone and so is the airspeed indication. You have an "all electric" airplane like many of us are planning, just to paint an ugly picture. What will you do? For less than $1000 a Garmin 196 GPS with its 4 AA Batteries will not miss a beat. The "Panel Page" has; for those of you who may not have seen it, a usable presentation of a HSI, VSI, Altimeter, Turn Coordinator and Ground Speed plus all the other GPS info. Aviation Consumer Magazine has established the airplane can be flown with a Panel Page as the sole reference. Seems to me this little piece of redundancy could be the most reliable and cost effective piece of safety gear aboard. These discussions make you think about the what ifs. The temptation would be to press on to the destination if it appeared the problem had been isolated but it might be the first link in a chain of events. Steve Colwell ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C34F0C.7618E250 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This = discussion has convinced me to put it down on the nearest field and troubleshoot on = the ground, however----

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Assume = you are in the clouds, everything with ship’s power is zapped but the engine = is running and the airframe still flies.  The pitot heat that was keeping occasional ice off is gone and so is the airspeed indication.  You have an “all = electric” airplane like many of us are planning, just to paint an ugly picture. =  What will you do? =

 

For less than $1000 a Garmin 196 = GPS with its 4 AA Batteries will not miss a beat.  The “Panel Page” has; for those of you who may not = have seen it, a usable presentation of a HSI, VSI, Altimeter, Turn Coordinator and = Ground Speed plus all the other GPS info.  Aviation Consumer Magazine has established the airplane can be = flown with a Panel Page as the sole reference.  Seems to me this little piece of redundancy could be the most = reliable and cost effective piece of safety gear = aboard.

 

These discussions make you think = about the what ifs.  The temptation = would be to press on to the destination if it appeared the problem had been = isolated but it might be the first link in a chain of = events.

 

Steve = Colwell

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