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jareds(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: THE ONE...Electric Attitude

Bob ... you are the man!! i knew if i was patient we'd get something 

without gyros that is reliable yet inexpensive.

I sent them an email to see if they have a "lite" model that doesnt have 

all the bells and whistles for a little tighter budget .....just to see 

what they say!!  Would be nice if it was in color but it still looks 

great!!  Pretty universal!!

Thanks Bob!



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MGL Avionics has the "Smart Singles" line which may fit your need.  They are solid state and the integrated (all instruments in one EFIS display) version of this is what is in the Sonex airplanes.  The ARS-1 attitude indicator is about $825. 

http://www.mglavionics.co.za/singles.html

Bob



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Bob

Joined: 24 Oct 2006
Posts: 89
Location: Damascus, Maryland, USA

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: THE ONE...Electric Attitude

No problem, just remember it when I say something really stupid, right?  

 

Try hard to see one for real before buying, as some people really don't like the monochrome when they see it.  Maybe find a Sonex builder in the area.  These are the opposite of high-def, kind of like the Lowrance 1000 GPS versus almost any color GPS.  I'm OK with the B&W but your mileage may vary.  



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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: THE ONE...Electric Attitude

On Mar 10, 2007, at 5:56 AM, Bob wrote:

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		   I'm OK with the B&W but your mileage may vary.


	


Of course, with a black & white display, "keep the blue side up" 

becomes meaningless, Bob, but ... who cares? Our aircraft are not IFR 

certified and we use gyro instruments only in the hope that if the 

weather turns nasty on us, we have a better chance to avoid a deadly 

spin in IMC. If that situation arises (hopefully, never!) then who 

cares if the sky is blue and the earth is brown? Readability is then 

paramount and black & white should give a good enough contrast.

What I find more important is that this instrument - as my TruTrak turn 

coordinator - shows the horizon moving in relation to a fixed aircraft, 

as opposed to the conventional turn coordinator that shows an aircraft 

that banks its wings in one or the other direction. If you are used to 

that kind of visual feedback, that's fine. But the artificial horizon 

logic of having the half circle of the earth to move in relation to the 

blue sky, is more intuitive because it is exactly what you would see if 

you could see the horizon. Correcting a bank with the aileron becomes 

then very logic.

One thing I have read and been told by experienced pilots is that; once 

the conditions become difficult - as when it's all grey around the 

plane - our brain tends to freeze. For that reason, I have made my rule 

of actions in order of importance, which is: 1) Fly straight, 2) 

control altitude, 3) work a way out of this situation.



Cheers,

Michel



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Beemer

Joined: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 87
Location: Middle Georgia

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: THE ONE...Electric Attitude

I'm using their Ultra H-XL in my KF Mod2. I really like it for basic VFR

stuff. Sure is nice to not have the weight and get the EIS functions with

warnings.



I know you're looking for just the ADI, so go to www.sportflyingshop.com,

look there, and call Matt. He's a big help, and the main U.S. distributor

for MGL.



There is a Stratomaster Yahoo group, and the owner/developer Rainier Lamars

monitors it for questions.



Hope this helps,

Bradley



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