A bit pricey (212 US), but has a 'floating zero'
http://www.1gg.com/html/body_levlclinometers.html
Cheers,
Pete
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: SmartTool Level vs Zircon VideoLevel
Here ia another tool made by Bosch that might do the
same job as a SmartTool or Zircon. It is really a
digital protractor with a spirit level. It sells
for about the same price as the SmartTool ($110).
Check this link:
http://www.boschtools.com/Tools+and+Accessories/Tools/prod_detail.htm?it
em_no=DWM40L
--- Graham Singleton <grasingleton@avnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >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.
>
> Fred
> That sounds like a more useful tool than the Smart
> level. The Smart'l used
> to have a memory for other angles too but not any
> more, so you have to do
> sums. Good exercise but tedious and open to
> mistakes.
> I once checked my bubble level against a Smart and
> found I could judge
> level to within .1 degree with it. Being able to
> zero the instrument on the
> top of an aileron in neutral, ie minus 10 degrees or
> whatever, was most
> useful.
> Graham
> >
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