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This is something that I got to thinking about today while flying in southern Washington state. It was solid overcast and while flying the fantastic cub I had to climb into IMC weather to get over some mountains in my path.

So here is the story. About 40 or so years ago there was a man here in Texas who owned a chain of farm supply stores scattered over a good part of Texas and Oklahoma. He had a small airplane that he used to travel to all of his stores, I'm not sure if it was a cub but I do know that it had very limited insturments like the cub. One day he got into some insturment weather conditions where he lost all visibility of the ground. Not being able to tell if the plane was in the upright state or if it was slipping or skidding, he knew he was in trouble. So, being the "do it yourself" type, he untied one of his shoes, took it off and tied it to on of the structural members at the top of the cockpit where it was hanging down in front of him. Using this he was able to tell if the plane was leaning to one side or the other and using it and the compass could tell if he was making coordinated turns or not. By his thinking the problem through and a little southern enginneering he made it onto the ground safely.

Here is my question, would it be possible to make a gauge for the cub that would be a popup window showing a shoe hanging from one of the overhead suppports which would act the same way as a turn and bank gauge? If the plane were to be skidding the shoe would swing to the outside of the turn and if slipping the shoe would swing to the inside.

I just got to thinking about this today and thought it would be something I would throw out there.
Mark

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Mark,

What a great story, and yes, that is doable. However, the J3 has received an enormous update and we just don't see that in the cards. Scott.

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Great read. Many of the Robinson R22 helicopters at Troutdale in Oregon had a length of high visibility string taped to the front of the windshield for just this reason. I've also seen this done on gliders and other aircraft. So simple and effective!

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Thanks for the reply Scott. You are talking about the Version 1.1 update and hotfix right? I don't think I've missed one but you can't tell about me.
Mark

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Yes, the update stickied in this forum here:
viewtopic.php?f=62&t=19734

Scott.

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A2A Simulations Inc.