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Re: Improvised Artificial Horizon
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2014 Jul 12, 21:04 +0200

On 12/07/2014 20:11, Greg Rudzinski wrote:
> The latest upgrade to the improvised artifical horizon uses a nylon
> scrub pad cut to fit inside a plastic jar lid. The lid is then filled
> with water so that there is 1 mm of water above the scrub pad. Float the
> lid in a container to self level on imperfect surfaces. The A frame
> windshield has been improved by raising 3/4" using wine bottle corks at
> each corner. This eliminates fogging.

Thanks for the updates. I like your stepwise improvements.

What is the function of the scrub pad? Does it reduce reflections or
ripples?

Luc

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