simple IFR timers

Anyone know of a source of a simple timer for approaches? I had one
years ago that was very simple. It was round with two buttons, one to
start and stop the timer and another to reset it. All I can find now
are the West Bend and others that have a lot more features than I need.
Unfortunately, the yoke timer in the airplane is toast so I'm looking
for something I can just velcro to the yoke or panel.


Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Anyone know of a source of a simple timer for approaches? I had one

Radio Shack


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

Visit your local kitchen store (some are small, some are the
"big box" type). The simple west bend timers are about $4-8.
Careful of the magnet on the back. I finally got it off after
lots of agony on one timer. On the second, popped off (almost
fell off!)

Richard Kaplan wrote:
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Anyone know of a source of a simple timer for approaches? I had one


Radio Shack

I was just there today and found nothing. They had a regular sports
stopwatch, some hikers and bikers units that had compasses, altimeters,
thermometers, etc., but not simply timers. I haven't checked their web
site, but will do that next.

Matt

We have 2 Westbend timers (around $5-$8) velcroed to the panel. They
work great, and are much more visible than the standard 172 clock
(which, in it's current position, does not exactly fit in the scan).

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that you need to have an "official" clock
in the plane to fly actual. Doesn't mean that you have to use it, but I
believe it has to be there and has to be working. We are replacing ours
right now. (Seems like a silly reg.)



Matt Whiting wrote:

Anyone know of a source of a simple timer for approaches? I had one
years ago that was very simple. It was round with two buttons, one to
start and stop the timer and another to reset it. All I can find now
are the West Bend and others that have a lot more features than I need.
Unfortunately, the yoke timer in the airplane is toast so I'm looking
for something I can just velcro to the yoke or panel.


Matt



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Dan Truesdell wrote in news:40BBB5F8.1090404
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Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that you need to have an "official" clock
in the plane to fly actual. Doesn't mean that you have to use it, but I
believe it has to be there and has to be working. We are replacing ours
right now. (Seems like a silly reg.)

Why is that silly? Imagine... You're holding over your MAP point waiting
for your next opportunity to shoot. All of a sudden, the battery in your
watch decides to go out. What do you do then? Without the clock in the
plane, you'd probably have to inform ATC and become a real PITA...

Yeah, it might be a longshot, but Murphy's law dictates that if the battery
is going to die in flight, it's going to happen during a critical point...

"Judah" wrote in message
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Why is that silly? Imagine... You're holding over your MAP point waiting
for your next opportunity to shoot. All of a sudden, the battery in your
watch decides to go out. What do you do then?

Ask the controller to fly 5-mile legs while holding and use my GPS to
determine distance.

Come to think of it, I would do that even if my clock/watch DOES work...
it's a lot easier and a lot more accurate for the controller.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

You are correct about my watch dying, but the clock in the plane can
(and did) die. When the panel clock is working, I'm flying with triple
redundancy. The problem is that the "official" clock (which I can
legally fly IFR using it as the only timer in the plane) is a poor
excuse for a timer. That what I find silly. As I stated in my earlier
post, we have 2 timers on the panel, and I always wear my watch, any of
which is much more usable than the Cessna clock on the panel. We are
replacing it with an L-2 digital. Doesn't solve the location problem,
but does provide us with a much more usable device. We'll still keep
the Westbends, but now we'll have a more useful backup.

Judah wrote:
Dan Truesdell wrote in news:40BBB5F8.1090404
@ceaPLsofAtwNarEe.cSom:


Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that you need to have an "official" clock
in the plane to fly actual. Doesn't mean that you have to use it, but I
believe it has to be there and has to be working. We are replacing ours
right now. (Seems like a silly reg.)


Why is that silly? Imagine... You're holding over your MAP point waiting
for your next opportunity to shoot. All of a sudden, the battery in your
watch decides to go out. What do you do then? Without the clock in the
plane, you'd probably have to inform ATC and become a real PITA...

Yeah, it might be a longshot, but Murphy's law dictates that if the battery
is going to die in flight, it's going to happen during a critical point...


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Dan Truesdell wrote:

which is much more usable than the Cessna clock on the panel. We are
replacing it with an L-2 digital.

If the L-2 is one of those Astrotech things, save your money. Spend a little
more and get one from Davtron. The user interface on the Davtron is klutzy (what
the heck is "CONTROL" and "SELECT"?), but at least the switches are higher
quality than the Astrotech. Worth the difference in price, IMO.

Dave
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Dan Truesdell wrote in news:40BBB5F8.1090404
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Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that you need to have an "official" clock
in the plane to fly actual. Doesn't mean that you have to use it, but I
believe it has to be there and has to be working. We are replacing ours
right now. (Seems like a silly reg.)

Why is that silly? Imagine... You're holding over your MAP point waiting
for your next opportunity to shoot. All of a sudden, the battery in your
watch decides to go out. What do you do then?

When I fly IFR, I wear two cheap digital watches that have large,
easy-to-read digits. I set one to be a clock, the other a stopwatch. If
either fails, the other is its backup.

--Gary