Thanks Mark & Larry for the feedback. I'll give kneeboards another look as I do my re-evaluation of cockpit configuration with whatever new navigator I buy. A kneeboard would sure solve the tablet-size situation. One needs a big screen for plates in any case and I carry in a side pocket a thin Windows 8-inch tablet for Pocket Plates, AF/D material, etc.
That Nexus is a fine tablet I know but that wide bezel takes up even more room in addition to the screen, whereas with a bezel-less phone screen I can probably go to a six inch screen since my ATC also has a bezel . . . they are narrow, but still, they add to the overall dimensions. These phones I've been perusing have very narrow bezels, or none at all. A "OnePlus 6t" has been suggested by someone using one. I think I'l like something less narrow, but Avare may run just fine on it. I'm still looking. . . . Here's my current situation I'm hoping to duplicate. https://tinyurl.com/yc6qgk79 **************************** I'm including a "Spruce Warning" to this email since a friend of mine has just bought some tires that shouldn't be on a wheelbarrow, much less an airplane. I bought these in January 2012 and had the blowout on December 23rd 2014. Please know that I know that I'm a dumbshit for not changing these tires before they got into the condition you see them in, but apparently I just couldn't believe that any tires bought from Spruce would be a little durable. I got 34 landings and go-rounds on these tires before the flow out occurred as I was taxiiing in for fuel down at Brown Field. I was planning on taking a trip to the desert in the next two days so this was an extremely fortunate event to happen right next to a maintenance facility not far from my house. It would have been an utterly different story if I had taken these tires to the desert. They are branded TON KEEP. I remember posting a note on KRNET about these tires back when this happened, to warn people, but I can't find the posting for whatever reason. It would have been late 2014 or very early 2015. I felt so strongly about what crap these tires are that I took photos, had them printed at Costco, and included them with a letter to Spruce up in Corona. I called first and directed my envelope to the Purchasing Agent. I explained that I had gotten thirty four landings out of these tires and anyone with any sense would have taken them off after 20. I could see wear happening within the first couple landings. It's like they were made out of plastic instead of rubber. I keep records on these things - compulsive documenter when it comes to the KR. I normally get 189 (the least I have on record) landings and go-rounds on a pair of 4-ply rating Ching shins. They had become hard to find for some reason at that time so I bought these from Spruce thinking that anything from Spruce would be at least decent. I thought for sure, following my letter and pictures, they would stop. Much to my surprise, another KR owner just bought a set of these horrible tires from Spruce so, if Spruce won't listen, maybe this note will save somebody on KRNET from making the mistake of ordering TON KEEP tires. Mine are 4:35/3.50-5's and the ones my KR friend bought are marked with different dimensional nomenclature but are also for five inch wheels. Basic the same size, just different nomenclature. 11/400-5 I think (not sure). I've gone through a number of different brands - Nanco, Cheng Shins (my favorite), and one or two others but these remarkably lousy TON KEEP tires are in a class all by themselves. I'm amazed Spruce is still flogging them. Keep in mind when looking at the pictures this tire has had 34 landings, all of them on pavement. I make it a point of personal airmanship to never use brakes on touchdown unless I'm going into something that's too short to stop naturally. There were no such short strips indicated in my logbook during this period. I might touch them when exiting the runway and when holding before takeoff, or when stopping at the gas pump . . . but none of the wear is from brake use. https://tinyurl.com/yb62ot3l Mike Stirewalt KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more A Stunning Reversal on Big Pipeline http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f02c7c6c1dff47c6617fst02vuc1 Holiday Weekend Is a Deadly One in Chicago http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f02c7c6ddb4047c6617fst02vuc2 After Monthslong COVID-19 Fight, Nick Cordero Dead at 41 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f02c7c75a3947c6617fst02vuc3 _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
