X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:07:35 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.machlink.com ([69.49.94.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1086037 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:17:36 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.49.94.2; envelope-from=nerksa@machlink.com Received: from office (cbl-dhcp-22-189.machlink.com [66.207.22.189]) by mail.machlink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FFF3117445 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:15:23 -0500 (CDT) From: "Stan Askren" X-Original-To: Subject: Weather avoidance frustration X-Original-Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:17:14 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000001c66c3f$40c74b20$6401a8c0@office> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C66C15.57F14320" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C66C15.57F14320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A perspective re the stormscope and WSI effectiveness in a LIVP. My = advice based on a lot of frustration of getting these to work in my IVP - don't waste your money. The stormscope is marginal. Lots of interference from anything electrical in the plane like servos, strobes, etc. it works = just well enough to keep you out of trouble. This is after careful skin = mapping and placement of the antenna. The wsi is a huge disappointment. Works = only as long as no shadow longer than 5 seconds the basically bombs out. I = guess the announced sirrius arrangement is to address the deficiency. I wish lancair avionics had been more helpful when the equipment was speced to avoid these issues. Buyer beware. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C66C15.57F14320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A perspective re the stormscope and WSI effectiveness = in a LIVP. My advice based on a lot of frustration of getting these to work = in my IVP – don’t waste your money. The stormscope is marginal. = Lots of interference from anything electrical in the plane like servos, strobes, = etc. it works just well enough to keep you out of trouble. This is after = careful skin mapping and placement of the antenna. The wsi is a huge = disappointment. Works only as long as no shadow longer than 5 seconds the basically bombs out. = I guess the announced sirrius arrangement is to address the deficiency. I = wish lancair avionics had been more helpful when the equipment was speced to = avoid these issues. Buyer beware.

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