I've used the micro encoder quite a bit, most recently on a couple of
long x/c flights in Burt Rutan's "Boomerang."
It's a terrific instrument, and I've always thought very well of
RMI's products. HOWEVER, I certainly don't want to depend on something
electrically powered for primary indication (a sentiment echoed in RMI's
literature). Moreover, while the digital display of both airspeed and
altitude are very precise, they lack the "interpret subliminally at a
glance out of your peripheral vision" capability of our conventional
"steam gauges." Note that all the fancy electronic instrumentation
systems in jets, etc., use their computer capability to draw pictures of
analog scales!
Europa...but I'll have conventional ASI and altimeter as well.
Peter Lert, A037
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