Anyone have a working altimeter they'd be willing to part with? The one in my Flybaby is way less than ideal.
I've thought about doing that with aqi -- I've picked up parts from them before that seem to work well... They charge $350 for an exchange and I found this altimeter earlier today that seems like it'd work fine:I've found AQI to do solid overhauls at good prices.
http://www.flyaqi.com/pressure.htm
After buying some used gyros/pressure gauges, I wouldn't do it again except as for a core for exchange or to have OHed.
P.S. I have a SUNNTO watch that works quite well for an altimeter, not it's not GPS derived alt, it uses pressure and you have to set it just like an aviation altimeter.
There's your first non-answer.
The clipped cub has a crappy altimeter too and I feel your pain. Even though its a low altitude VFR machine, it is not even what I consider a basic altimeter. It does not read like a normal altimeter (it is non-precision and only has one needle which shakes around like crazy, you have to average the shakes to find your altitude) I am worried i'll get accustomed to it and make a mistake reading a normal altimeter doing something critical, like on an approach..
Don't know what you want to spend, but since it's experimental what about that new Dynon DI Pocket Panel unit I saw at Oshkosh.
Pretty cool and you can take it with you as back up for other planes.
I've thought about doing that with aqi -- I've picked up parts from them before that seem to work well... They charge $350 for an exchange and I found this altimeter earlier today that seems like it'd work fine:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/alt20imf-3.php
Jesse,
I'm no authority, but I've read traffic on email lists that I follow about issues with Falcon instruments.
All I've got is heresay, but you might want to dig a little deeper...
Stock Fly Baby has a pitot/static boom midway out on the left wing that puts the static in undisturbed air. Looked through the online pictures of Jesse's airplane, couldn't tell if he's got the stock setup or not. Seems that if he had a varying static source, he'd see the airspeed pulse in rhythm.What are you using for a static source? If the port on the altimeter is just open, pressure pulses from the propeller in the cockpit potentially could be helping it bounce. An orifice on a bit of hose might help.