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Re: Speedo calibration

To: laifman@flash.net (Steve Laifman)
Subject: Re: Speedo calibration
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 98 14:51:08 PST
> 
> Roland,
> 
> Right you are, but those "easy to change" cable end gears come in a
> limited range of teeth, and are a rather coarse adjustment as they
> usually have about 14 teeth, and you can only change them by a full
> tooth. That's about 7%, and doesn't take care of non-linear errors over
> the range of the speeds.
> 
> Steve

Hey, after 20 years I was so grateful to see the needle on my speedo
move, I figured that was good enough.  Maybe one of these days I'll try
a different gear to see if I can get a more accurate reading.

Roland

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