water meters

Yes, Roy, I have one of these. It is NOT accurate enough for
determining ballast. I use mine on the inlet of my rooftop waterbed
water carrier for making sure that I have loaded enough into the
waterbed before toting it all back to the glider to fill. It is
accurate enough for that but would not trust it beyond that.



Cumulus Soaring and Wings and Wheels both sell good ones.



HTH,



Larry

"zero one"





"Roy Bourgeois" wrote in message
:

Does anybody have experience with this product or similar?:

http://www.watersavers.com/docs/yardandgarden_wat.shtml

I am looking for an inexpensive and lightweight water meter to measure
ballast. Any suggestions?

Roy

On Sep 5, 10:27 am, "01-- Zero One" wrote:
Yes, Roy, I have one of these. It is NOT accurate enough for
determining ballast. I use mine on the inlet of my rooftop waterbed
water carrier for making sure that I have loaded enough into the
waterbed before toting it all back to the glider to fill. It is
accurate enough for that but would not trust it beyond that.

Cumulus Soaring and Wings and Wheels both sell good ones.

HTH,

Larry

"zero one"

Larry,

How accurate does ballast need to be filled ? I have a Grob 102 and
my approach is fill completely, since it only holds about 220 lbs of
water. It also cross feeds when level so I don't worry about
perfectly symmetrical filling.

For other gliders, how much error is tolerable ?

Todd Smith
3S

Todd,



If you are filling completely then you don't need a water meter at all
do you? Just a standpipe to be sure that the water pressure is not
sufficient to burst the wings or tanks while filling.



I am more concerned that I maximize allowable for competition soaring.
Don't want the penalties. I can fill mine considerably beyond the
allowable if desired.



Larry

"zero one"






"toad" wrote in message
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On Sep 5, 10:27 am, "01-- Zero One" wrote:
Yes, Roy, I have one of these. It is NOT accurate enough for
determining ballast. I use mine on the inlet of my rooftop waterbed
water carrier for making sure that I have loaded enough into the
waterbed before toting it all back to the glider to fill. It is
accurate enough for that but would not trust it beyond that.

Cumulus Soaring and Wings and Wheels both sell good ones.

HTH,

Larry

"zero one"

Larry,

How accurate does ballast need to be filled ? I have a Grob 102 and
my approach is fill completely, since it only holds about 220 lbs of
water. It also cross feeds when level so I don't worry about
perfectly symmetrical filling.

For other gliders, how much error is tolerable ?

Todd Smith
3S