Fred
I am confused by your email. When you say "It's been
very handy for jobs other than the Europa" are you
saying that it has NOT been very useful for the
Europa??
Also, are you saying that the 0.14 deg difference is
too much, or that it is too small to worry about??
Pardon my ignorance, as I am still far from installing
the wings I am not familiar with the required
tolerances. But 0.14 deg seems damn accurate to me.
The SmartTool claims an accuracy of 0.1 deg. It would
seem that the Zircon is better.
--- Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Andrew Sarangan wrote:
> >
> > I am looking at purchasing a digital level. It
> seems
> > that everyones favorite model is the SmartTool
> > ...However, there appears to be another
> > electronic level made by Zircon that is only $40.
> I
> > don't know the difference between the two. For
> such a
> > large price difference I am assuming that there
> are
> > large differences. Anyone know?
>
> The Zircon VideoLevel is a like a bubble level that
> beeps. The
> display is graphical not digits, self-calibrating,
> and memory for
> angles other than level. It's been very handy for
> jobs other than the
> Europa, since you don't have to look at it; beep
> means level or
> plumb. Beep also means within +/- about .07 degree,
> but in equalizing
> wing or tailplane incidence which is only where
> accuracy is really
> needed, a bubble level does that too, and better.
> Plus one side and
> minus on the other could mean as much as .14 deg
> diff; similar on the
> SmartTool?
>
> Best,
> Fred F.
>
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