Re: First the AI, then the DG, then...?

> > A couple of months ago our AI, which had been "coming and going",
finally
> > went.  We replaced it with a rebuilt unit from "The Gyro House", which
had
> > the dual effect of getting our autopilot working properly again.
>
>
> Hmmmm... Your landing or Mary's?  :-)

Mine.  Funny thing was, it was one of my better landings!  :-)

A friend of mine says that the gyros inside ride on some sort of a "ruby
bearing" -- and that they eventually wear out.  Sometimes the rotor (or
whatever) even falls right off the bearing.  When that happens, everything
just stops -- like mine did.

Or something like that.  Either way, it's just more money...
-- 
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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