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Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2626409 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 19:02:17 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.15.208]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20031006230226.LWYC20055.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:02:26 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Rusty's daily drivel Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:02:18 -0500 Message-ID: <009301c38c5d$e423bb60$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0094_01C38C33.FB4DB360" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0094_01C38C33.FB4DB360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Only disapointment was that with the sun behind and shinning full = strength on the display it would wash out with the light tint filter I had = installed. Bubble canopies have their drawbacks. I held up a darker tint filter in front and it helped a lot. The suction cup sun screen (like window = screen) that I use in the cockpit also made it easily readable. =20 =20 It's just tough to make a display that works well in the sun. Most LCD displays suffer when viewed with polarized sunglasses, and the one on my = RMI had a heat related problem. If you were foolish enough to park the = plane so the sun shined on the display, it would be dark, and unreadable for = several minutes after you cranked the engine. Once the engine was running, and = you got moving, it would slowly return to view, but only about the time you = got ready to do a run-up. In the mean time, you just had to hope that it = would alarm if anything was out of limits, and trust that everything was OK. =20 =20 Tracy , (goofing) off to Copperstate on Wednesday.=20 =20 Great, you can just drop my EM-2 off on the way :-) Seriously, I'm = getting along OK without it, so take your time. It'll just be that much nicer = when it arrives. =20 =20 Have a safe trip. Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0094_01C38C33.FB4DB360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Only=20 disapointment was that with the sun behind and shinning full strength on = the=20 display it would wash out with the light tint filter I had = installed. =20 Bubble canopies have their drawbacks. I held up a darker tint = filter in=20 front and it helped a lot. The suction cup sun screen = (like window=20 screen) that I use in the cockpit also made it=20 easily readable.

It's = just tough to make=20 a display that works well in the sun. Most LCD displays=20 suffer when viewed with polarized sunglasses, and the one = on=20 my RMI had a heat related problem. If you were foolish enough = to park=20 the plane so the sun shined on the display, it would be dark, and=20 unreadable for several minutes after you cranked the engine. Once = the=20 engine was running, and you got moving, it would slowly return to view, = but=20 only about the time you got ready to do a run-up. In the = mean=20 time, you just had to hope that it would alarm if anything was out of = limits,=20 and trust that everything was=20 OK.

Tracy , (goofing) off = to=20 Copperstate on Wednesday.

Great, you can = just drop my=20 EM-2 off on the way :-) Seriously, I'm getting along OK without = it, so=20 take your time. It'll just be that much nicer when it=20 arrives.

Have a safe=20 trip.

Rusty

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