Interesting. While training for my IFR, we did a long cross country flight
( for fun and to pick up a family member ) we waited for bad weather to
pass on the return trip home. We finally made a decision to go. I was of
course PiC. Withing 10 minutes we flew into weather and I continued to hand
fly
Thanks Mike. You know, I didnt know that standard procedure was to
turn it off in rough conditions. But my mindset was created as
follows, when I bought that plane, i asked my EAA chapter president,
and experienced builder aviator, about getting an electric horizon in
case of an unexpected loss of
> " . . .lets say you venture into stormy conditions
and want this unit as a safety . . ."
Standard procedure with any autopilot is to turn it off in turbulence.
The autopilot will fight what shouldn't be fought in those conditions.
Not only will it stress the servos and other relevant component
Then there are some vintage gliders with little vibrator gadgets mounted
to the backside of the panel so the gauge needles don't get stiction'ed
in place. So an engine turns out to be useful for more than the obvious.
Chris K
On 5/7/2020 2:08 PM, Marc Baca via KRnet wrote:
Out of curiosity
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