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Tilt Meters?? Cant find one anywhere!!

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Robbiellewellyn:
Hiya, ive been searching around on Google for tilt meters that you can put in your Defender or any other land rover i suppose. I mean the things like aeroplanes have that tell you at what angle your at ect. I have been meaning to look for these for ages as during off roading i am a little cautious as to where my roll point would be. Any links to websites that sell these would be much appreciated. Cheers,
Rob

Edge:
www.johncraddockltd.co.uk  may do the meters, if not theres plenty in LRO mag :D
EDIT.... yep half way down the page @ £17 in the miscelaneous part.

Jim-Willy:
i have one, its rubbish.  When ya are tilted over the last place you will be looking is the dash, 20 quid posted if ya really are set on one.

SteveG:
as above, you really don't need one. On side slopes, typically you'll bottle before the landy does.

Preventing you LR from rolling over is more about ground reading and determining what it will do to your vehicle than angles.

Quick changes in angle like a front downside wheel dropping into a hole while on a slide slope and greatly increasing the angle are things that will cause a roll.

Most common one on play days sites is people under estimating the effect of divets near the top of an ascent. People trying the hill climb and failing causes deep divets to appear near the top of the hill. When people fail to get up these at a sensible speed they then try a lot more throttle not realising that it kicks the front up and then end up rolling backwards.

Cheers

Steve

Dirty Gertie:
Inclinometers  here
But, as others have said; who needs one??  If you're 'biting the seat' - you're far enough!!:D

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