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Originally Posted by boxrs4sale' post='788708' date='Dec 21 2005, 01:13 PM
on the previous page:
yes, the hobbs meter. i figured most would just assume that there would be some sort of device in an airplane that measures how long it's been running... like the odometer on a car, or the hour gauge on boat?
By the way it's nothing like an odometer in a car... odometer in car measures the distance travelled in miles or kilometers an hour meter measures the amount of time the motor has been running, sitting, moving, etc....
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If i recall correctly, since the last time i worked on light aircraft you were in junior high, the hour meter runs the second power is applied, ie when you turn the switch.
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='788714' date='Dec 21 2005, 10:25 AM
By the way it's nothing like an odometer in a car... odometer in car measures the distance travelled in miles or kilometers an hour meter measures the amount of time the motor has been running, sitting, moving, etc....
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when buying a car, most people look at the mileage....the mileage being a factor in how much it's been driven.
for a boat, the hour meter.. for the same reason.. even though you could sit in the ocean for 3 days fishing without turning the engines on.. the boat could take a pounding and be at sea for a long time, but it would only indicate that the boat had been ran for so many hours.
an airplane, the hobbs meter... gives the buyer an idea of how much time it's spent in the air. total flight time..
no ****, a hobbs meter doesn't determine mileage... you could have a small plane thats been stuck in a 100 knot headwind it's entire life.. total distance .. zero, total airtime? whatever the meter says..
it's a gauge that indicates how long it's been in use.
granted a car could sit at idle it's whole life and not gain a mile, while an airplane's hobbs meter would spin.... usually while an engine is running on an airplane, it's normally in the air, and not on the ground burning fuel for the hell of it.
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='788716' date='Dec 21 2005, 10:31 AM
btw, hobbs is a brand of hour meter, not a type of hour meter. not EVERY aircraft has an "hobbs" meter, some have hour meter's made by other manufacturer's.
damn phins. i'm not a mechanic. i don't different brand's of radio's, meters, gauges, gps's.. every aircraft our club owns and ones that i have flown have had hobb meters.
i ASSUMED that you'd understand what i meant when i said it was 70 an hour, and you only paid while the aircraft was running.
if it's such a bad thing to take an airplane over a train, or a car.. then do your thing. i can save money and have a shitload more fun by air.
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Originally Posted by boxrs4sale' post='788720' date='Dec 21 2005, 01:34 PM
when buying a car, most people look at the mileage....the mileage being a factor in how much it's been driven.
for a boat, the hour meter.. for the same reason.. even though you could sit in the ocean for 3 days fishing without turning the engines on.. the boat could take a pounding and be at sea for a long time, but it would only indicate that the boat had been ran for so many hours.
an airplane, the hobbs meter... gives the buyer an idea of how much time it's spent in the air. total flight time..
no ****, a hobbs meter doesn't determine mileage... you could have a small plane thats been stuck in a 100 knot headwind it's entire life.. total distance .. zero, total airtime? whatever the meter says..
it's a gauge that indicates how long it's been in use.
granted a car could sit at idle it's whole life and not gain a mile, while an airplane's hobbs meter would spin.... usually while an engine is running on an airplane, it's normally in the air, and not on the ground burning fuel for the hell of it.
You made the statement, if it was so obviously innaccurate why did you make it? If you are going to be a smart *** at least be accurate it in your little digs.
Again, hobbs is a brand, stop trying to sound intelligent, it's an hour meter.
