Utah-Jay
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Heber City, UT
Anyone have any reports on the Belite Radiant Universal Air Speed Indicator?
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...t_10-06964.php
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...t_10-06964.php
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Anyone have any reports on the Belite Radiant Universal Air Speed Indicator?
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...t_10-06964.php
JimFor those of you who've never looked at them, the Belite gauges show a "trend" in airspeed over time (shows the last roughly 5 seconds of the ASI readings, taken about 3-4 times/second). It does this via a bar-graph display that is both highly legible and color coded (standard ASI color scheme: white/green/yellow/red) based on how you configured it for your airplane.
As you can see below, it's a pretty slick unit! (And no, I don't work for them. I just like their products.)
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You are showing your age Wayne. All tese kids that have learned on tape will argue with you. They probably have problems reaing our steam gauges.IMHO there is a cognitive issue in digital or "tape" style ASI's. The steam gauge gives you a clearer picture of the relative speed judged against known stall speed. Even if it is not technically as accurate as a digital ASI (that has plenty of room for doubt and discussion as well subject to the physical mounting system) it offers a relative picture of what's happening against known parameters. Count me out on this one. The wing strut mounted version's probably as good as any, but too tricky to see when you're peering over the nose at a small strip of gravel.
Anything electrical can, and will, also break down the same as mechanical.
If anyone who prefers, no wait, whose experience has been limited to round gauges gets a couple of hours with a glass panel and airspeed and altitude "tapes" he'll find it's incredibly easy to adapt to the more effective display of information than round instruments provide. I switch back and forth between my very familiar 180 and less familiar glass panel Cub. As I go back and forth it's more of a transition exercise to go to round gauges than glass. That's a pirep.