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Re: Comparison, Pan of Oil vs Mirror Artificial Horizon
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2015 Jun 22, 16:23 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2015 Jun 22, 16:23 -0400
Blackstrap molasses is also a good medium to use in an A.H. It is:
more viscous than most motor oil, so harder to spill;
not toxic;
soluble in water so easy to clean up;
easily disposed;
not susceptible to spoilage (nor is oil).
Fred Hebard
On Jun 22, 2015, at 3:51 PM, David Pike <NoReply_DavidPike@fer3.com> wrote:I agree with you on the oil Marty. It eventually becomes a pain in the backside. It's a devil to pour and a devil to carry in a traylike container. It soon picks up dust, but you can't polish it, and it eventually works its way through any joints in the container. I've had a biscuit tin full in my garage waiting for me to summon up the courage to pour it back into the tin, because I know it's going to make a mess. one thing I have found is that it helps if ay all times the tin's sitting on a weekend size newspaper. I'm going to stick with my mirror from now on until I can drive to south facing coast. Dave
