Aviation Forum / General / Rotary-wing / February 2008

Hi all, I too am sorry to see this newsgroup grind to a halt.  I have
not posted in a long while so can take some of the blame!  I love
helicopters and enjoy reading everyones posts.  I have 8 hours flying
them and just love it when I do.  My experience is only on vacations

Belfort Digiwx AWOS has INFERIOR Chinese Wind Sensors
I haven't seen any other comments about the fact that a Belfort
Instruments Digiwx AWOS comes with an analog (not digital) Chinese wind
direction indicator and an analog (not digital) Chinese made wind speed

http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/Default.aspx?Action=745115149&ID=e8bf32d4
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Guess I can kiss the rest of my refund goodbye...  2700 students are
gonna be out a big chunk of money as well - not to mention the

I recently tried a pair of Marathon flat free wheelbarrow tires to replace
my pneumatic tires that had developed the habit of slowly leaking out the
air.
@#$%^ The rolling resistance was so great I couldn't move the helicopter by