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bressler(at)wyoming.com
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: slip-skid indicator

Does anyone know if a peel-and-stick slip-skid  indicator is on the market?  Saw one once but can't remember  where.

 Wes & Lurlene Bressler; 601XL with Jabiru 3300;  90% done - 10% to go

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arno7452(at)bellsouth.net
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:47 am Post subject: slip-skid indicator

Tape a short piece of string on your cowl.  Best  indicator there is.  

 Ken

  

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a.s.elliott(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:07 am Post subject: slip-skid indicator

I got mine from WalMart Aviation Supply Co., in the recreational vehicle  aisle.  Came in a package of 2 for <$10.  It is a bubble type  inclinometer, which is more sensitive than the regular aircraft ball.  I  trimmed the superfluous edge material and mounted it with double-stick foam  tape.  Works very nicely.  Since it uses a floating bubble and has the  curve of the tube in the opposite direction from a ball indicator, it does work  opposite from a normal indicator.  That is you step *away* from the bubble,  not on it.  The fluid is dyed vaguely fluorescent and the bubble is very  easy to see.

  

 I uploaded a picture of my panel to:

 http://members.cox.net/n601ge/pix/panel_27Apr09.jpg

  

 FWIW,

 Andy Elliott, Mesa, AZ

N601GE,601XL/TD,Corvair

  

  

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Gig Giacona

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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:23 am Post subject: Re: slip-skid indicator

 	  a.s.elliott(at)cox.net wrote: 	
		   Since it uses a floating bubble and has the  curve of the tube in the opposite direction from a ball indicator, it does work  opposite from a normal indicator. 	


How many hours did you fly sideways before you figured that out?

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kmccune

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Location: Wisconsin, USA

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: slip-skid indicator

Good one!   

Kevin

 	  Gig Giacona wrote: 	
		   	  a.s.elliott(at)cox.net wrote: 	
		   Since it uses a floating bubble and has the  curve of the tube in the opposite direction from a ball indicator, it does work  opposite from a normal indicator. 	


How many hours did you fly sideways before you figured that out?

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