Sight Gauges

Ed,

Thanks for the follow up. For now I've put strips of electrical tape on my side window but they're so close to me when I turn my head I have to close one eye so I don't see double! lol An indicator farther out on the wing would be helpful but $600? They're clamped on so we can technically make our own, no?
 
I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a sight gauge from Greg Koontz. Really not possible to fly a competitive cuban without one, and I have a contest coming up in November.

Per previous discussion, it is adjustable fore and aft as well as up and down.

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Mine remains the original stainless and I find that quite visible. Maybe black would even be better? Don’t know, I have only flown the Decathlon with stainless finish.
 
After a couple of aggressive practice sessions working on Cuban 8's and Humpty Bumps, I've decided to come up with some kind of color scheme to differentiate the square from diagonal members. Thinking blue vertical and horizontal, with yellow 45's. Or possibly white horizontal, blue vertical, and yellow diagonal. After 15 or so maneuvers, I was having a real hard time differentiating what was what, especially when pulling thru vertical for the key point (30 degrees past vertical).
 
Bartman said:
Maybe flourescent orange for the cardinal orientations of horizontal and vertical?
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That would be highly visible, but also fugly on a yellow and blue airplane. 🤣
I've got a can of yellow that is a reasonably close match to the federal yellow on my airplane. Will probably go with that as it a short term solution.

Will dope stick to metal, or to primer? Butyrate dope is just lacquer paint with plasticizers.
 
if it is stainless i'd rough it up and use primer.

did you fly with it on there yet? did it make a difference?
 
Big Ed said:
I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a sight gauge from Greg Koontz. Really not possible to fly a competitive cuban without one, and I have a contest coming up in November.

Per previous discussion, it is adjustable fore and aft as well as up and down.

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Thanks for posting these, I am in the process of installing a GK sighting device on my new to me Super D and had a couple of questions for the collective.

-What if anything did you put around the metal to metal mount between the strut (Airplane) and device? Seems like it should have some sort of rubber cushion wrapped around the strut but I did not see anything in the box. At a minimum I am going to wrap a little tape around it.
-Is there a torque spec for the screws on the mount? I am guessing snug but not TIGHT but wanted to confirm.
-Did anyone use blue loctite or is that overkill? I know on our previous Super D the device vibrated a bit.

Any info advice is appreciated.
 
I used Blue loctite. I didn’t use tape though. I just tried to be as careful as possible to not scratch the supports.
 
Perfect, thanks for the information. Greg recommended that is place Gorilla Tape on the inside portion of the mount where it contacts the strut and trim the excess with a razor blade. I went that route. I did not use loctite as I am still adjusting it a bit but will add some when it’s straight.

It seems a little off fore/aft and I have taken it off a couple of times to try and adjust. No luck so far. I am headed to Camp this weekend and hope to look at other installations to see if there is something I can do to make it better.
 
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