I'm 4" short and need more compensation...yes this is gliding related :)

On Jul 3, 11:17*am, Bruno wrote:
Thanks for the responses and ideas Darryl and Bill. *I spent yesterday
afternoon with the glider. *Following your suggestions Darryl I
started leak checking the total energy line first. *After taking the
TE lines off the 2 varios I confirmed that indeed there was a massive
leak in the line somewhere. *It would not hold pressure or suction for
even a second. *I took the seat pan out and tracked the leak back to
the last possible bit of tubing before it disappears into the bulkhead
of the landing gear. *It seems that in my enthusiasm to get the ship
ready when I first purchased it 6 years ago I was cutting into the
plastic covering that surrounds all the tubes and sliced my total
energy line up pretty good. *Duh!!! *That would explain why I never
experienced total energy in this glider. *It was basically a static
line connected to the varios. *A quick cut of the tubing and a single
splice later with a foot of new tubing and the line holds both air and
suction very well. *No leaks whatever now. *Yeah! *Don't have to cut
into the tail like it was starting to look likely would happen. *I am
really looking forward to flight testing the glider this next week.
Thanks again for the suggestions and helpful ideas.

The biggest problem solved. *Now, anyone ever experience the Cambridge
LNAV problem I mentioned in the first post? *It is reading about 4" of
millibars too low for the real pressure at a known altitude. *Right
now that just means that I have another 400 feet for safely getting
home if I rely on the instrument. *Not the end of the world but would
be nice to fix since I use this logger for my contest files.

Thanks again!
Bruno - B4

Bruno

Altitude zero and gain adjustments are in the menus and the LNAV
manual describes how to set this. But you'll need to be able to pull
down/up the sensor pressure to do this. You could also just send it
off to ClearNav for a check and calibration or at least call them and
talk about what you are seeing. I don't think the altitude
calibrations are lost when you replace the internal battery. So I am
not sure what is going on.

Darryl