simple IFR timers

Jim Weir wrote in
:

Indeed the West Bend basic timer is a model of simplicity.
In 1985 I bought two of them. I modified one of them for
Rutan's Voyager as a fuel tank alarm device and put the
other one in my 182.

I don't actually have one of these, but I have read (on the
internet, so it must be true!!) that these have a slight design
flaw, and the timing depends on voltage, so as the battery goes
down the timing slows down.

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Regards,

Stan

" 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.)


A clock and a timer can serve two different purposes. A timer is useful for
timing hold legs, but the clock is needed to determine when you can descend
in a lost comm situation.

jerry