jeff122670

in search of a Berkut kit. if you have one or know of one (other than the wrecked one posted on this board), please contact me!!! my email is: jeff122670 at yahoo dot com thanks! Jeff

this post got me thinking............ so i called my insurance company and got a quote for a 1995 Velocity FG (hull value of $60K). i got a quote for $1638/yr. i also did a quote for $55K hull and it was $1601. i made comment that it seems things are driven by hull value only, and was told with my "experience and ratings", that was a true statement. (i am a 3400 hour ATP/CFI) so given all of that, it seems there must be some point in the insurance "world" where YOU as the pilot transition from a liability (thus added to the hull insurance) to just a pink body in a hull (that is insured). i dont know where that transition point is, but i would imagine it is with high time in make/model and total time. what am i saying? get more time. ESPECIALLY is someone is quoting $6K for insurance. when i read that, i almost fell out of my chair (literally, i was leaning back and almost fell over ) anyway, something to think about: my friend is insured as a part time flyer on an RV (because he has low time) while the "owner" (who has a TON of time) is the "primary" insuree (is that a word??). seems similar to what i did when i was a kid and was a "part time" driver on my parents policy..... something to think about........i hope it helps.. Jeff

i would be surprised to find ANYONE that has an O-320 on their Varieze.... like you said, it would make your two seat airplane a single seat, overgross airplane... after owning a Vari....i dont think i would go the O-320 route... Jeff

not a lot for sale, i just meant that everytime someone gears up one of these things, it shows up for sale somewhere... my old one was geared up by the guy that bought it....it is now forsale on barnstormers..ha.ha.

well, looks like yet another Velocity that will be for sale soon...........he.he.

great to hear about a canard get together, but please try to stay on subject... i have the beamsplitter and assembly all together and it works well. the trick is to make sure you have the antiglare coating facing the right way (thanks Cozy girl!!) i have contacted Mountainscope and he is going to re-write his software to only show the pitch ladder, A/S, and ALT....not terrain. this will work well for a HUD.... his display interfaces with DYNON......so that is solved as well... anyone having any luck....? jeff

i just got back from vacation... has anyone made any progress? jeff

yeah, they dont work. i assume you are talking about looking through them. the resolution and the "clearness" doesnt work in this application.

sorry, i didnt mean to tease!! here is the link for the coatings: http://www.cbs-dichroic.com/ thanks chrissi!!! you are explaining it the exact way that i understand it. using the above like, they recommended that i go with the emerald coating which gives a green 45 and when looking through it, you get a slight magenta tint to the outside world.

I found a place that does Diachroic coatings....

here is some news.. i was looking at my beamsplitters (purchased from anchor optics). i noticed before that there was a ghost image in the beamsplitter and could be mitigated by an antireflective coating.... welllllllllllllllll, i turned the beamsplitter around (image reflected on the opposite side) and what do you know, ghost image GONE!!! seems as though these beamsplitters are already coated.............GREAT NEWS.....and the reflected image is much brighter!! still need the lens issue solved....

let us know!! on monday i am going to contact some auto salvage yards to purchase a heads up display unit from either a corvette or a bonneville. i figured i would take apart the optics and use some of the lens from there to test. more to follow. Jeff

i would suggest using a computer monitor (that is what i did for initial testing).... that presents a decent image to be reflected into your beamsplitter and, although it isnt completely "daylight readable", it will serve the purpose for this test. please email me directly.....i am extremely interested in your results!! email me at: jeff122670@yahoo.com thanks! jeff

OK, I HAVE GREAT NEWS!! i have been in contact with Mountainscope and they have agreed to re-write their software to our purposes. This would involve removing the terrain and switching the airdata and pitch ladder as well as horizon bar over to a "night time" mode which would be essentially "line drawing" data. this system gets it info from the Dynon AHARS. the dynon connects to your computer (running mountainscope) via a serial cable. the computer would then output the data to an LCD panel in the HUD assembly.... just need to solve the optics issue (and it sounds like a few of you are working on that). if you are seriously interested in this project, please contact me directly on my yahoo email account: jeff122670 at yahoo.com Jeff

if you really want to see something neat, check out this link: http://www.berkut13.com/aprs.htm incredible system!!! and actually not to hard to make and use. enjoy, Jeff