Mark, I have a couple of UMA guages that I need sending units for. Can we deal with them directly instead of going through Aircraft Spruce or Chief, etc????????Bobby
> NetHeads, > > Last night I removed my UMA VSI. Driving home from the airport, the thing > seemed to work perfectly, indicating even the slightest changes in > altitude. Today on the way to work, I cracked a car window to induce a > negative pressure and it instantly showed a 500 ft/min climb. Messing > around with the window, I could make it read anywhere between plus and > minus 500 ft/min, for a few seconds anyway. When I parked, the thing > just sat there on 300 ft/min. I watched it for a couple of minutes, and > decided that's certainly a part of the problem. I called UMA and the guy > said "just send it back with a description of the problem and we'll take > care of it". No mention of payment, so off it goes tomorrow. Nice of > 'em! Maybe I should have returned my altimeter to them too, rather than > just buying a new one. It never hurts to ask. > > I bypassed the VSI so tomorrow I'll flight test the "new" static system > and see what I get. I've also hooked up a timer to limit my fuel transfer > to 100 seconds (then it shuts off automatically), installed another kind > of air/fuel meter (kluged into the shell of what used to be the worthless > Tiny Tach), and moved the outside air temperature probe out into engine > inlet so it can get an accurate indication (it has been under the cowling > recording temps there). I'll finish it up tonight and fly again on Friday > afternoon... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >