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RE: metric is easier!!! - 12/16/2004 7:36:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		I suppose neither system is perfect. Obviously each system has its advantages and problems. Even more off topic how do they measure service time on turbine engine in helicopters. I heard they limit the number of starts between overhauls.

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 12/18/2004 2:45:36 AM   
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I know we record starts, but I have know idea how they figure it into the service interval(100 hour, 300 hour ect.)

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 12/19/2004 12:19:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Disagree. I'm a 44 year old American and, for me, there's nothing easy about the metric system. I understand the concept of increments of ten, but my mind tries to relate meters to feet, etc, so it just adds complication and frustration.

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 12/20/2004 12:34:07 AM   
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My eyes are about three years older than yours, and my skull probably a little thicker, but
metric is easier when you let it be. Next time you're centering a stabilizer or a wing, just measure in mm instead of inches. You'll find it comes easier with use.
Be thankful that when you go to buy a prop the price isn't 2 and 29/32 dollars !

Larry

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 1/18/2005 1:50:28 AM   
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Status: online 		At a bit over 60, and being in engineering, and also having family in another country, and having had a number of business trips overseas for as much as a month at a time, not counting time in the USAF overseas, I don't find metric particularly dificult, except for pressure measurements.

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 1/18/2005 3:09:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		We've been metric in Australia for about 30 years but if you pump up your tyres at a garage the gauges still read in psi...even the latest digital readout ones. Although there's a metric chart printed on them because the car manuals give pressure in metrics.

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RE: metric is easier!!! - 1/18/2005 10:20:49 PM   
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RE: metric is easier!!! - 1/18/2005 10:53:30 PM   
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