Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Maxpro Battery monitor

Bill,

One way to help determine if the ride is going to be bumpy is:
Check the lapse rate.
if it is less than 3 degrees per 1000' then things will be quite smooth
if it is over 12 degrees per 1000' then things will be wildly rock and roll.
Intervening lapse rates will be bumpy but probably not totally rock and roll.

The following URL is a PDF file (with plenty of pictures), just for pilots, that describes the conditions for stable and unstable air.
For that nice smooth ride, you want stable air.
<A href=williams.best.vwh.net/smxgigpdf/smx2003.pdf></A>

R. Williams



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From: "Bill Hobson" <wrhobson@aol.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:13:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Maxpro Battery monitor

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> Went out to the airport today after resoldering all the connections and replacing the diodes and the thing is working like a charm. Couldn't go flying (too gusty) but if it behaves at full throttle I will declare this project a success. Thanks to those who helped. (I have mounted the doodad on a cigarette lighter style plug so I can remove it if it should misbehave once airborne. One thing I've discovered about my 2-place airplane (mine's only a little heavier than a LSA) is that it rides like a truck in turbulence (and has no autopilot). If anybody has learned any good techniques (either by examining online weather forecasts or through briefer inquiry) for predetermining how bumpy the ride might be I'd be all ears to hear about them.
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