Hobbs

On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:53:49 -0000, Larry R
wrote:

Ok, I am *almost* embarrased to ask this question, but here goes. Do
Hobbs meters ever "go bad"? No, this isn't a joke!

I recently took a flight from KLOU-KWWD-KLOU. It was IFR and I wrote
down my off and land times, which coorespond with the FlightTracking
times within a couple of minutes.

The hobbs time was 10.7. The flight time was 9.6. Not whining here,
but it was a little hard to believe that I had over an hour of taxi/
start time on this!

In my experience, usually they just stop. What kind of aircraft is
this?

Peter Clark wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:53:49 -0000, Larry R
The hobbs time was 10.7. The flight time was 9.6. Not whining here,
but it was a little hard to believe that I had over an hour of taxi/
start time on this!

In my experience, usually they just stop. What kind of aircraft is
this?

The student's greatest fear: a runaway hobbs!
When given a choice which instrument to smash in an emergency, most
students choose the hobbs meter.

-Rod Machado