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New Hobbs/Hour meter?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:06 pm
by Beefmaster
Hi Guys,

I am keen to fit a proper dash mounted hour meter to my trike, as it currently has an external flight timer (like a stopwatch). Is it possible to set its initial value or does it have to run from zero? I ask because I dont want confusion later, I would like to adjust the hour meter onto the trike's current hours so that it just keeps counting from there.

Any advice??

Thanks,

Gavin

Re: New Hobbs/Hour meter?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:22 pm
by Biggles
Connect a battery to the new one and set your alarm clock to however many hours you have on the old hour meter. Tough luck if your have to jump out of bed at 3am to turn it off!!!

Re: New Hobbs/Hour meter?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:48 pm
by Beefmaster
Haha!! Fantastic idea! I saw you get vibration hour meters as well, considered getting one of those and leaving it on the fridge for a few weeks!! :)

Re: New Hobbs/Hour meter?

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:13 pm
by Rusty
Contact MGL in Cape Town, they have a smart single, revcounter, flight timer and hour mater combined, and you can set the hour meter to your existing hours.
Phone 021-8551383.

I have one, workes great.

Regards,

Rusty

Re: New Hobbs/Hour meter?

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:03 pm
by Beefmaster
Thanks guys, I actually have an MGL one, just hadn't figured it out yet. Sorted it today, MGL is awesome!! :-)