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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 589.1 | Another place to spend $$$ | LEDDEV::GAUDET | Ski Nautique | Tue Jan 16 1990 13:00 | 13 |
| Oh my dear Reg, technology does provide an answer (unfortunately
I just spent 20 minutes flipping thru my catalogs and I can't find
it). I remember seeing someone advertise a push-button version
of what you described. You install it on/under the dash, and it
generates pressurized air in a small tank which is released at your
command (pushing the button opens the tank valve). Apparently it
recovers the air pressure fairly quickly (must have a pump) so you
can do it again in a matter of seconds. The connections to the speedo
lines are similar to what you described. I vaguely remember it running
around $130 for the dual speedo setup. I'll have to check my mags
tonight.
...Roger...
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| 589.2 | Don't just throw money at it, get creative (-: | ULTRA::BURGESS | I don't DO big wakes | Tue Jan 16 1990 15:35 | 7 |
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Right, it ain't cheap - but I am.
This is the ~$10 solution.
R
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| 589.3 | Not moving very fast..... | ULTRA::BURGESS | I don't DO big wakes | Wed Feb 07 1990 11:40 | 14 |
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In .0 I said something about us being stuck with this type of
speedometer for a while - until a "better" technology.
Since then I have been browsing through the catalogues and
noticed that the latest batch of depth_sounders/fish_finders offer
speed and surface temperature measurement as well (for about $35
extra). I was ASS_U_ME_ING that there was some extra smarts in
these units, i.e. that speed was being measured relative to the
bottom, or a nominally stationary object at a known depth. Simple bit
o' trig, right ? Nope, they're using paddle wheel pick-ups.
R
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| 589.4 | Went back to my Air-guides... | SETH::WHYNOT | | Wed Feb 07 1990 11:56 | 4 |
| Hey Reg,
Want to buy an electronic *tournament* speedometer cheap?
It's REAL accurate 'cept it's 1mph off. (includes paddlewheel)
Doug
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| 589.5 | Back-up tools; always carry a spare spare, etc. | ULTRA::BURGESS | Mad man across the water | Thu Oct 04 1990 14:15 | 25 |
| re .0 ....it works pretty well, I've been using it since April.
Just having it has got me into the habit of giving the speedos a quick
blow-out every time I start the boat up and (usually, when I remember)
each time I take somebody through the ski course at a requested speed.
They did block one time at Willoughby this summer, it was so bad that
I tore the starboard side pick-up apart. There used to be a saw mill
on this lake, up til the '50s I believe, and there is still a lot of
fine wood dust that gets picked up. Here's the back-up tool that I
built while on vacation:
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\_/ <---wine cork with 5/64 inch hole drilled in it
| <---5/64 inch drill bit
/_\ <---wine cork with 5/64 inch drill bit glued into it
The top cork is used as a cap, the drill bit is greased to
keep it from rusting. I can use it from the swim platform while the
boat is in the water and it doesn't matter if I "drop it upwards"
(-:, (-:
Reg
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| 589.6 | Never had ice split the brass cylinders either (-: | ULTRA::BURGESS | Mad Man across the water | Mon Sep 09 1991 13:30 | 22 |
| re <<< Note 589.0 by ULTRA::BURGESS "I don't DO big wakes" >>>
> -< Blowing out clogged pitots >-
Hmmm, time for a progress report/update ?
This contraption continues to work extremely WELL !
With about 425 hours on the boat I did some timed runs through the
slalom course this week-end - - the net result is that because my
speedos have been "blown out" regularly, instead of being "twiddled
with" they are spot on. I sort of suspected they were, since a
certain footin' friend always requests 37 and never comments on the
speed being off in either direction (-:
Reg
PS & BTW I got to pull Paul Tee through the course at 36 MPH, 22',
28' and then 33' off - - I felt kinda silly when he offered to drive
me through, he even offered me a ride on his ski. "Well Paul, if your
ski could do that for me...... I'd buy one just like it and have you
train it for me"
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