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Re: Improvised Artificial Horizon
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2014 Jul 12, 14:18 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2014 Jul 12, 14:18 -0700
Luc,
The scrub pad reduces the ripples. Waves are scattered in random directions. Like an atoll coral reef smooths seas and swells making the interior like a lake.
Greg Rudzinski
Re: Improvised Artificial Horizon
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2014 Jul 12, 21:04 +0200
On 12/07/2014 20:11, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > The latest upgrade to the improvised artifical horizon uses a nylon > scrub pad cut to fit inside a plastic jar lid. The lid is then filled > with water so that there is 1 mm of water above the scrub pad. Float the > lid in a container to self level on imperfect surfaces. The A frame > windshield has been improved by raising 3/4" using wine bottle corks at > each corner. This eliminates fogging. Thanks for the updates. I like your stepwise improvements. What is the function of the scrub pad? Does it reduce reflections or ripples? Luc
