[AJD] Tachometer

[Bruce Mahr]

Bob: The one I've had for several years uses a piece of reflective tape 
stuck to the spinning surface your checking rpm on.It works great!

Bruce Mahr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert L Holtzer" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: [AJD] Tachometer


> From time to time there has been discussion of setting engine idle, etc. 
> Recently in a model airplane shop I saw a $25 tachometer that had an RPM 
> range of 0 to 30,000.  It detected RPM from the propeller -- apparently 
> something akin to a strobe.  It would probably work off a painted mark on 
> a crank pulley.
>
> Anyone have any experience with this type of equipment?
>
> Bob Holtzer
>
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