[RE-wrenches] Measuring head

[Dana]

If you know someone who either paraglides or hanglides or is a sailplane
pilot; today's pilots fly with electronic flight log & variometers that are
+/- 3 to 6 feet. If you measure the low and then proceed to the high point
next, These units work off of  barometric pressure and are quite reliable,
just do not measure the low one day and then the high a day or week later. I
have used mine a number of times and been right on so far 100% of the time
when we have measure the standing static pressure down the road.

 

Thanks -

 

Dana Orzel

 

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason
Lombard
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:02 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GPS units

 

William,

Topographic maps are great if your familiar with them. A laser if you can
afford it or the best I have heard of is fill a tube or pipe with water from
the pump to your tank and measure the psi at the base of it. The calculation
is 2.31 feet of lift for every psi. Not everyone has their piping rolled out
or on site yet so this could be a challenge and again is very accurate.

BTW - GPS units are inaccurate to the extent that they are 40 feet off
horizontally and 90 feet vertically. This means you could be up to 130 feet
off. Big difference when your sizing for particular pump out put.

Good luck,

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, William Miller <wrmiller at charter.net>
wrote:

Does anyone have a foolproof tool to measure elevation?  I have researched
GPS units recently.  They are notoriously inaccurate for elevation:

http://wiki.motionbased.com/mb/GPS_Unit_Elevation

Here are few more links with GPS fundamentals:

http://www.adventurenetwork.com/cgi-bin/adventurenetwork/GPS_101.html
http://www.gpsreview.net/electronic-compass/

I have a Suunto Observer watch with an altimeter.  I think I can get
relatively accurate measurements of DIFFERENCE in elevation if I measure the
two elevations in quick succession.  I will be trying it.



William

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