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From: John & Paddy Wigney <johnwigney@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:43:02

Hi Fred,

I endorse Gary Stout's observation on RC Allen reliability. My RC Allen 
electric gyro horizon caused me more trouble than anything else on the 
plane. I sent it back to the factory three times and it still did not 
work OK.  However, my RC Allen electric DG has been trouble free.

In the end, I replaced the gyro horizon with a Dynon EFIS D-10 which has 
worked out well after a few initial glitches.

Cheers, John
N262WF, mono XS, 912S


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From: "Fred Fillinger" <n3eu@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: IFR redundancy, was 2nd battery
>  "Jos Okhuijsen" wrote:
>  ...
>  But it is true, that although modern electronics hardware is a
>  factor 10.000 more reliable then mechanical parts,

An instrument shop tells me that RC Allen electric gyros are very
rugged, so say a lowball 1,000 hours MTBF is good.  That means then an
electronic gyro box by a little Mom & Pop company is assumed to be
10,000 hrs MTBF?  They may be very good items to buy based on limited
user feedback, but how could they establish such a MTBF, or assumed by
us if Mom or Pop can't? 
Reg,
Fred F.
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