need to find a wind sock
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RE: need to find a wind sock
Our club in N. Central Florida went though windsocks about every 10 to 12 months, finally installed a 5 ft. tetrahedron on a pole. Thin aluminum sheeting, aluminum angles . . . . it is still going after 7 years. It may be time to repaint it and oil the bearings in a couple more years. Picture gives you an idea of what one looks like.
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RE: need to find a wind sock
The triangle thing is kinda neat, but doesn't give you wind speed like a good sock does.
I've bought windsocks from "Sporty's Pilot Shop". They are quality calibrated socks, but a little more expensive.
I've bought windsocks from "Sporty's Pilot Shop". They are quality calibrated socks, but a little more expensive.
03-05-2008, 11:42 AM
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The triangle thing is kinda neat, but doesn't give you wind speed like a good sock does.
I've bought windsocks from "Sporty's Pilot Shop". They are quality calibrated socks, but a little more expensive.
The triangle thing is kinda neat, but doesn't give you wind speed like a good sock does.
I've bought windsocks from "Sporty's Pilot Shop". They are quality calibrated socks, but a little more expensive.
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RE: need to find a wind sock
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apparently RCU lost my reply or something.
Our sock lasted about 3 years, I think. It's just been out in the weather all that time, I'm not sure if the winter weather or the UV did it in. It's still up there, but there are some tears, so it's due for replacement. We have an 8-foot long one, which is really visible, but the extra length seems to make it want to fold in light winds, and it's along that fold that a couple of splits have developed. It might actually last longer in an area with more steady winds, I don't know. Or a shorter sock might last longer.
apparently RCU lost my reply or something.
Our sock lasted about 3 years, I think. It's just been out in the weather all that time, I'm not sure if the winter weather or the UV did it in. It's still up there, but there are some tears, so it's due for replacement. We have an 8-foot long one, which is really visible, but the extra length seems to make it want to fold in light winds, and it's along that fold that a couple of splits have developed. It might actually last longer in an area with more steady winds, I don't know. Or a shorter sock might last longer.
03-07-2008, 07:36 AM
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RE: need to find a wind sock
Here's mine at my airstrip. I originally had one from Airport Windsocks, but it was too stiff to be very effective and it faded to white in just one year. I eventually replaced it with one that I bought from some vendor at Joe Nall. I wished I could remember that guy as he sold good stuff. This sock is two years old, flies perfectly in the lightest breeze and has not faded.
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Red,
apparently RCU lost my reply or something.
Our sock lasted about 3 years, I think. It's just been out in the weather all that time, I'm not sure if the winter weather or the UV did it in. It's still up there, but there are some tears, so it's due for replacement. We have an 8-foot long one, which is really visible, but the extra length seems to make it want to fold in light winds, and it's along that fold that a couple of splits have developed. It might actually last longer in an area with more steady winds, I don't know. Or a shorter sock might last longer.
Red,
apparently RCU lost my reply or something.
Our sock lasted about 3 years, I think. It's just been out in the weather all that time, I'm not sure if the winter weather or the UV did it in. It's still up there, but there are some tears, so it's due for replacement. We have an 8-foot long one, which is really visible, but the extra length seems to make it want to fold in light winds, and it's along that fold that a couple of splits have developed. It might actually last longer in an area with more steady winds, I don't know. Or a shorter sock might last longer.
03-07-2008, 10:03 AM
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The big A.M.A windsock works just fine. Order one today!
The big A.M.A windsock works just fine. Order one today!
03-08-2008, 03:40 PM
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I really wish the AMA windsock had the AMA logo on both sides instead of saying Muncie Indiana on one side, I just can't bring myself to fly it in Texas
I really wish the AMA windsock had the AMA logo on both sides instead of saying Muncie Indiana on one side, I just can't bring myself to fly it in Texas
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RE: need to find a wind sock
Our club uses Windtek windsocks from [link=http://www.bestwindsocks.com/]www.bestwindsocks.com[/link]. We have their 8P unit and leave it out year around. The sock portion gets replaced about every two years.
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