<<...don't know the basics well and can't get the value of their new toy because they don't know what they're doing to begin with...>>
Well said, and that about sums it up. Gadgets are fun, and neat, but in most cases cannot compensate for a lack of knowledge. These temp guns were all the rage among some heli guys for a while. I have seen at least three newbies with mixtures so FUBAR the machine would barely fly; but they were getting the temp readings that good old so-and-so on the forum said they should be getting, so by God they were okay...
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