"mattm" wrote in message
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On Feb 16, 1:55 pm, "Tim Mara" wrote:

Hey, speaking of overhauling mechanical varios,
I have a Sage vario that's about 10 years old in my plane.
The plane has always lived in its trailer out at the airport (at least
since it got this vario). How out-of-whack is my Sage going to
be after that amount of time in the plane? I have to admit, I
barely ever look at the thing. I've trained myself to avoid looking
at the varios -- maybe once per scan to compare the 20s avg
with the achieved climb rate displayed on my pda. When my
LX vario went haywire on a flight last year I could barely cope.

unless it's leaking it's probably OK .10 years is a relatively short time in
instrument life...the Sage has very few moving parts and no jeweled
movements or mechanical bearings that can wear...they are sensative to
over-adjusting and can have leaks appear but these are things you can check
with some soapy water...aside from thsi as long as it doesn't get any hard
hits it should perform for years.

Also, speaking of the LX160, would any of you LX people have the
chip on hand to upgrade it to v2.12? The last time I looked the
shipping charge from Slovenia was more than the chip cost!

I have shipments coming from there frequently if you want me to place it on
my orders just let me know
give me a call
thanks
tim

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