We need a comprehensive article on this subject by
a qualified expert.

What about all flight computers and loggers?
What about GPS?
What about clocks -- those stick-on timers, etc?
What about gear warning systems?
What about our batteries?

Can there be any instrument on board, attached to the
panel or not, associated with flight for which a TSO
is unnecessary? And does it matter whether the glider
is experimental or standard?

This IS a can of worms, but is ignorance an excuse?


At 21:36 04 October 2005, Tim Mara wrote:
do you know what TSO is? where it IS and ISN'T required?.most,
including the
vast majority of the Fed's don't.and simply say 'must
be TSO'D......not
true.but also there are Certified and Non-Certified
aircraft
instruments.......and 'required' instruments and some
need some
certification.....and some don't....
I'll just betcha the re is a vast number, if not majority
of gliders flying
around with illegal equipment and worse, illegal installations
of even legal
stuff.glider pilots tend to be their own mechanics....and
are not allowed to
be their own mechanics.....and should (Should) at the
very least have a
mechanic sign off any and all installations....even
in 'experimental'
aircraft.....unless to owner is the builder.......there
are big differences
in Experimental :homebuilt' and 'Exhibition and Racing'
and so on.......but
that's another thread.....
BTW, I do sell certified and non certified instruments.many
are good, some
are not so good.....regardless of how or if they are
certified.....and that
too.is another thread )
tim
Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com


'Paul Remde' wrote in message
news:dPB0f.444939$xm3.285594@attbi_s21...
Hi Todd,

Good point. Many soaring instruments are not TSO'd.
But I have a
customer who wants to install a G meter in his certificated
Grob 103 and
wants an instruments that would be 'legal' and correct.
I think that
makes sense. I would want to do things 'correctly'
with my glider as
well - if possible.

Paul Remde

'T o d d P a t t i s t' wrote in message
...
'Paul Remde' wrote:

The Falcon line looks interesting, but it is for experimental
aircraft
only - if I understand their web site correctly - they
sell non-TSO'd
instruments. http://www.falcongauge.com/

I'd really like to find a source that is OK for use
in any glider.

This is one of the reasons I like my experimental
certificate - fewer 'issues,' but if you don't mind
me
asking - you sell glider flight computers from Cambridge,
LX
and Ilec. Are those TSO'd? If not, why not sell
the
G-meter under the same conditions, or is there some
relevant
difference between G-meters and flight computers?

T o d d P a t t i s t - 'WH' Ventus C
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