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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:28 pm 
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I thought gauges mounted on the cowel were illegal as it will do more damage to a pedestrian should run them over, dumb rules but it was what i have been told.


my understanding was that exterior mounted gauges must be able to break off with reasonable force for the safety of pedestrians. Ensuring this though, makes it an easy target for a bastard theif or something.

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:32 pm 
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:15 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
I thought gauges mounted on the cowel were illegal as it will do more damage to a pedestrian should run them over, dumb rules but it was what i have been told.
Your right it is a dumb rule. If a pedestrian makes it to your cowel a couple of gauges are the least of their problems.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:06 pm 
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lol, doesn't it bother you that you have oil coming into the cabin? Even if it was legal, I would convert to electrical means... I never knew they had such gauges, but yeah.. must be strange.


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the old school racers liek them for the fact they provide much more accurate and faster response to changes in oil,fuel pressure etc
the electrical ones can tend to have a dampening efect so they are not going up and down with the revs

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:12 am 
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lol, doesn't it bother you that you have oil coming into the cabin? Even if it was legal, I would convert to electrical means... I never knew they had such gauges, but yeah.. must be strange.


Cheers

the old school racers liek them for the fact they provide much more accurate and faster response to changes in oil,fuel pressure etc
the electrical ones can tend to have a dampening efect so they are not going up and down with the revs


And can be affected by voltage being produced in the system....

 

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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:55 pm 
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ive been defected for having gauges on the skuttle/cowl.

there was about 3 reasons why they were illegal one was somthing to do with pluming oil in front of the winscreen.
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