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Old September 27th 11, 11:33 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ramy
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Default Artificial Horizon – HELP!

On Sep 27, 1:48*pm, "Tim Mara" wrote:
If you have room for one you can buy stanrda aircraft AH's that do not
require inverters....I offer some relatively inexpensive non TSO'stypes onhttp://www.wingsandwheels.com/aircraft_instruments_compass_air.htm
I have not flown with the MGL Horizons but have sold several of these and
had no complaintshttp://www.wingsandwheels.com/mgl_instruments_instrument_suppl.htm
it is simple to install and by compairison to a standard aircraft Electric
Artificial Horizon is cheap.....say nothing of the small 57mm aircarft AH's
The LX8000 and LX9000 now also offer AHRS as an option keeping these
instruments again a step ahead of every other flight computer or navigation
system I do offer both as well....and will have one in my next 304S....http://www.wingsandwheels.com/lx_nav...ano_flight.htm
tim
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website atwww.wingsandwheels.com

"Mike Mike Ground" wrote in ...
This winter s projects include adding an artificial horizon (AH) and
PowerFlarm to my panel. * I am trying to determine which AH would be
best suited for occasional use in XC soaring flights. *It would be
very helpful to hear from pilots with experience using AH in gliders.
Attributes I think would be important include short power up time and
ability to deal with unusual attitudes. * * So far, I have read about
these products:

Dynon Avionics EFIS-D6 (http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/
D6_intro.html)
PCFlightsystems eGyro-2 (http://www.pcflightsystems.com/)
MGL Avionics AV-1 (http://www.mglavionics.co.za/).

Comments on these and any others would be greatly appreciated. *Thanks


I've been flying with the TruTrak T&B for over 5 years and highly
recomend it. Cost is reasonable (around $500 as I recall), no battery
issues since you keep it off until you need it, and it turns on
instantly. It is also very easy to install as it only needs power and
an on/off switch. It helped me tremendously at least twice so far,
once when lost sight of terrain due to heavy smoke, and once when got
caught on top in wave. Just like a parachute, you should never really
need it, but it is a big reassurance to have one when flying in wave
or under a strong cloud street.

Ramy

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