Turn Coordinator Care
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Just so we're sure we're all talking about the same thing, this is a turn coordinator
Another version of the same thing might look like this
there is an electric 'turn indicator" on top and a slip/skid indicator on the bottom.
i would wager that if you try hard enough, you can damage the electric motor driven gyro during aerobatics. if what you are planning on doing might rise to that level of abuse, then maybe a Citabria isn't the plane to be doing it in. otherwise, with what you can subject it to in a Citabria, it's probably going to be fine.
Another version of the same thing might look like this
there is an electric 'turn indicator" on top and a slip/skid indicator on the bottom.
i would wager that if you try hard enough, you can damage the electric motor driven gyro during aerobatics. if what you are planning on doing might rise to that level of abuse, then maybe a Citabria isn't the plane to be doing it in. otherwise, with what you can subject it to in a Citabria, it's probably going to be fine.
Bob Turner
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If you have "stops" in a gyro instrument and rate is such that the gimbals are against the stops, you are applying force to bearings that are designed to operate with little or no force. The stops in a turn indicator would seem to be where the needle pegs. Expect overhauls more often.
I have an air shutoff - who needs gyros to fly upside down? I turn it on only when doing practice approaches only. If I am going somewhere I just look out the window. I never notice the gyros. Seventeen years and no gyro overhauls.
I have an air shutoff - who needs gyros to fly upside down? I turn it on only when doing practice approaches only. If I am going somewhere I just look out the window. I never notice the gyros. Seventeen years and no gyro overhauls.
TC and TI gimbals are mounted on a single axis and have springs to restrain range of movement. They cannot tumble like an AI during unusual attitudes, and there is no need or method to cage them during acro.
Hard acro probably does wear out a TC faster than granny flying, but "fast" is relative. The TC in my Super D was 42 years old and had 1700 hours when I yanked it out for an electronic AI, and it still worked fine. That plane has seen plenty of acro and spins over the years.
Hard acro probably does wear out a TC faster than granny flying, but "fast" is relative. The TC in my Super D was 42 years old and had 1700 hours when I yanked it out for an electronic AI, and it still worked fine. That plane has seen plenty of acro and spins over the years.