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Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby pfhoeycfi » Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:49 pm

I'd like to put an old school ball type slip indicator on my panel to compare against my MGL MX1. I'm not looking to put another hole in the panel. Any suggestions? Has anyone ever tried an industrial glass tube lev o gage (#4)?

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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby Skippydiesel » Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:22 pm

Yeah!

Had a Level-O-Gauge in my last aircraft. Used double sided tape to stick it on the panel. Worked, but not dampened like an aviation one.

Level-O-Gauge have a very wide range of inclinometers - take your time in choosing the right one for you.
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby gammaxy » Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:48 pm

I have the Lev-o-gage 4. I mounted it sticking just above the top of the instrument panel on the pilot's side of the cockpit. Very happy with it.
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby BRS » Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:12 am

If it is just a matter of verifying the MX1, thus temporary, I'd suggest 'yarn'. Get a length (say 6") of yarn and tape it to the top of the canopy right in the center. This is what most gliders use for some reason, it's what I used on my first sonex flight.
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby GordonTurner » Wed Oct 30, 2024 11:49 am

Thumbs up on the yarn. Added advantage it’s in your sight when looking out the window.
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Oct 30, 2024 1:02 pm

I've got about 300 glider hours flying behind a piece of yarn, and another 60 in helicopters. Does the yarn really work behind a propeller?
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby Skippydiesel » Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:44 pm

Bryan Cotton wrote:I've got about 300 glider hours flying behind a piece of yarn, and another 60 in helicopters. Does the yarn really work behind a propeller?


It might IF you put the prop on the tail
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby peter anson » Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:06 am

With the yarn you can practise your forced landings and check your yaw/slip indicator at the same time. Fun fact: U2s have a yarn for a yaw indicator, but they also don't have a prop on the front.

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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby GordonTurner » Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:56 am

Yarn seems to work fine despite the prop.
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Re: Ball type slip/skid indicator

Postby BRS » Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:31 pm

GordonTurner wrote:Yarn seems to work fine despite the prop.


That was my expirence too.
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