Airguides
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Printed Date: May-20-2024 at 8:21am
Topic: Airguides
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Airguides
Date Posted: July-01-2005 at 2:18am
Something's been bugging me for the whole nine months I have been working on our '82 Ski Tique that I bought in pieces - why two speedometers?
Thanks, Shaughn.
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Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Date Posted: July-01-2005 at 2:38am
I was told "in case one breaks'. Evidently these correct cradft owners are serious about their skiing.
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Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: July-01-2005 at 8:47am
The two speedos come from competition skiing. During hard turns one side of the boat lifts enough that the pitot tube will not read properly or at all. IE.... the second speedo. You always know the boat speed.
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Nathan
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Posted By: David F
Date Posted: July-01-2005 at 12:27pm
Nate:
Hard to believe (not saying you are wrong). During competition skiing, you are hardly ever making hard turns...any skiing for that matter. It is just for redundancy and to notice a false reading due to trash clogging one of the pickups. In competition skiing of old, you had to know the boat speed accurately. So, not good if trash clogged a pickup and a) you never know and pull the skier at the wrong speed or b) you had to stop and blow out the pressure line.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July-04-2005 at 11:34am
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Your right loosing a speedo in competition is a major problem and two speedos are more accurate than one.
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Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: July-04-2005 at 6:27pm
Only problem is if one is slower than the other, which one do you correct if you don't have a GPS or a slalom course to go by?
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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Posted By: David F
Date Posted: July-05-2005 at 3:13pm
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Get a buddy with a calibrated speedo in his boat and drive side by side (keep safe seperation) at a predetermined speed of say 36mph. Then dial yours in.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July-05-2005 at 3:44pm
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When tournament skiing they also use a stopwatch to time the boat to verify the correct speed.
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