smokey_bear_40220(at)yaho
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 Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: Metric (was altimeter) |
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Exactly Larry,
Always problems mixing the 2 measurements.
On a personal level, last year I finally got rid of my
'87 Dodge Caravan with the Opel drivetrain and the
Mitsubishi engine. World economy? I was able to
rebuild most of it along its lifespan only because I
had both english and metric tools to work with.
But now I have a kitFox powered by a Soob, so neither
of my tool sets will get rusty.  I just have to
use the right set so as not to round off the bolts.
Everything is good until..... What is this "knots"
thing? Ha ha Revenge from Michel the sailorman? If
my ASI read in metric I would feel like I was going
faster......
I chose knots so I could navigate better, but knots
are the hectopascal of speed. Not so fine a
measurement.
But if it was all metric, we would know our verticle
speed and distance relates more easily to horizontal
speed and figure angle of climb, runway required,
obsticle clearance, etc easily.
Wind in mph, speed in knots, height in feet or meters,
and in our weather reports mist is "BR" thanks to the
French. (We call it barely raining)
Luckily we are in the computer age where everything
there is standard. What?????
Kurt S.
Do not archive
--- Larry Huntley <asq1(at)adelphia.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Kurt ,
Another good point for metrification.
Remember,that is how we lost one of
our Mars landers. One group was working in English
measure,the other in
Metric. Even the English don't use the "English "
system any longer. Only
countries in the known universe still using it ,I
believe, are Liberia,Burma
,and the USA. Wonder how many people in the rest
of the world want our
oddball measured products. Trade deficit? hmmmm
Larry
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