airspeed indicator

[ken nougaret]

i'm in the market for an airspeed indicator for my ss7 under construction. so far, my other instruments are falcon. is kitfox talk usually in mph? what kind of max speed should I look for, 140,150,160? and I'm thinking its best to have one where the numbers have a good spread to them past 30 (not crunched together).
thanks, ken

[SkyPirate]

Mine goes to 160 mph

[Danzer1]

The MGL ASI-1 is digital up to 250mph. Easy to read. Can be switched to km/h or knots. Programmable bugs, log, timer and trip counter. So you can have your cake and eat it to! Goes for about $280.

[Dave S]

Ken,

I have a second hand Falcon ASI that goes to 160 MPH.....Something like $45 at Wentworth and works fine.

This one is calibrated in MPH only....The philosophical discussion about MPH vs Knots is just that....entirely philosophical.....as a practical matter either works.

I totally agree with your comment that having more spread between the numbers is good.....I also think the simplicity of a single scale, rather than both MPH & Knots is good...both on the same dial creates an unnecessarily busy display IMHO.

Personally I like the wider spacing of the numbers and single scale....I'd rather be looking out the window than squinting at the ASI any longer than necessary anyway.

Sincerely,

Dave S
KF7 TRigear
912ULS Warp Drive

[ken nougaret]

My thoughts exactly Dave.
Thanks for the info danzer1, sounds like a good unit but going for the traditional 6 pack look of dial gauges. Old fashion i guess.
Ken

[SkyPirate]

I have the traditional guages as well, 1 is a quad for egt/cht, i dont have a water temp guage yet, but its on the list, i've heard that some have had problems with the quad guages,
So im building a new panel and havent commited yet to changing out the quad, i have a 2.25 tach that is getting replaced with a 3.25, and im still deciding on which com,i like the 2.25 radios size and weight,..sticking with the ifly gps, hopefully i will have a lighter panel when done, the builder used 1/8" aluminum im using .050

[Danzer1]

I understand Ken - that's why we do what we do - we can each choose what we like.

This one is calibrated in MPH only....The philosophical discussion about MPH vs Knots is just that....entirely philosophical.....as a practical matter either works.

One could argue, it is not entirely philosophical, if one deals with ATC on any regular basis. I am given knots all the time and it's just one less conversion I have to make when I can see them both or just flip flop to either one.

Greg - Go Broncos!