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Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: Little-Green-Machine on July 06, 2007, 13:40:18

Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Little-Green-Machine on July 06, 2007, 13:40:18: hi this is bobs son (its usually me on the forums anyway) i am making a landmeter for my y11 D.T GCSE project and i was just wondering how landmeters worked. any help would be much appreciated. i have a feeling they use either a pendulum or some kind of spirit level device but its confusing :oops: . cheers Reece :D
Title: Re: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Mudlark on July 06, 2007, 14:06:14: Quote from: "Little-Green-Machine"
hi this is bobs son (its usually me on the forums anyway) i am making a landmeter for my y11 D.T GCSE project and i was just wondering how landmeters worked. any help would be much appreciated. i have a feeling they use either a pendulum or some kind of spirit level device but its confusing :oops: . cheers Reece :D

Ahhhh..... artificial horizon :lol: :lol: :lol: - had to do a search :roll:

The original ones that were in Pajeros and Shoguns are pendulums - well weighted balls - they are also dampened with glycerin, I leave why for you to work out :wink:

The proper ones, as used in aircraft, work on the gyroscopic principle
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Little-Green-Machine on July 07, 2007, 23:18:14: Thanks a lot!!! i think they are damped so that they dont swing back and forth to quickly ,so they give an acurate reading. thanks a lot really helped :D
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 15, 2007, 23:19:13: I guess they are pendulums, mine goes into the red on roundabouts :roll: I never have time to look at it when I'm off-road.
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: redhand on July 19, 2007, 19:40:43: Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"
I guess they are pendulums, mine goes into the red on roundabouts :roll: I never have time to look at it when I'm off-road.

I drove a 4trax which hed an accellerometre Used to acheive 4G's when setting off from the lights. Well thats what it said anyways.
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: africanpete on July 19, 2007, 19:47:51: Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Smego on July 19, 2007, 21:24:19: agree unlikely but my old ASK21 glider could pull 7g and I didn't pass out!!
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: africanpete on July 20, 2007, 18:27:57: Quote from: "Smego"
agree unlikely but my old ASK21 glider could pull 7g and I didn't pass out!!

Only some people :D
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: Smego on July 20, 2007, 18:53:22: all depends how long the pull is there for!
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: africanpete on July 20, 2007, 18:55:16: Agreed :)
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: redhand on July 25, 2007, 14:54:15: Quote from: africanpete
Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:[/quote

I was being ironic/scarcastic/humorous. Anyone with half a brain cell knows you can't pull 4G in a 4trak. Well not unless you do a jet engine conversion on it.
Title: how does a landmeter work?
Post by: africanpete on July 25, 2007, 18:46:22: Quote from: redhand
Quote from: "africanpete"
Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:[/quote

I was being ironic/scarcastic/humorous. Anyone with half a brain cell knows you can't pull 4G in a 4trak. Well not unless you do a jet engine conversion on it.

Sorry! I could'nt see the sarcasim or humour and definately can't see the irony in your post and actually anyone with half a brain cell will know that you don't need a jet engine to pull 4G, continuously? maybe, momentarily? Not!