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Old 05-20-2022, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere
Carlos

Why air gauges? We fill the air tanks with a pump fitted with a gauge, start the turbine and put the top on...no one on board can see the gauges. When you land if the gear came down and the brakes worked you had enough air...
Each air gauge is 3-4 more joints to leak-I have never got the need to add weight and failure points...

Dave

Reading the thread to see what I can use on the rebuild to simplified the build ( very little space for accessories ) I will give this advice a try since I now have a pump with an air gage and I like the idea of less connections, this rebuild will be my first without air gages ( KISS ) 😀

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