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I like it. A math bowl competition. Count me out, I just watch the needle go down. Usually I come up before it gets to 0, the universal number for being in trouble. Cheers
I think you're on to something! Forget metric vs imperial... how about a BINARY SPG?
Needle stays at "1" as long as there's any air whatsoever in the tank, and doesn't move until you are completely out of air... at which point the needle suddenly swings to 0. What could be simpler?
Could do percentages so there's no unit of measure, but we'd have to recalibrate everything: turn at 60%, startup at 40%, etc.
I think you're on to something! Forget metric vs imperial... how about a BINARY SPG?
Needle stays at "1" as long as there's any air whatsoever in the tank, and doesn't move until you are completely out of air... at which point the needle suddenly swings to 0. What could be simpler?
Also known as the J-Valve?Perhaps we could add a "reserve" lever to the tank like on the old VWs.
Perhaps we could add a "reserve" lever to the tank like on the old VWs.
I've always been an advocate of smile/frown faces on tank volume gauges: a big smile when the tank is completely filled, becoming less happy as the air supply diminishes, a neutral expression at half-volume, a frown of increasing severity as the volume drops, finally becoming overt rage as the volume approaches dangerously low levels. The artistic possibilities are endless.
Digital, or just a dial you can tune up, like there is on some altimetersAnd then, right at the "Completely Empty" line.....you get a smiley-face with a flat mouth and Xs for eyes. I like where you're going with this. Of course, you'd have to have 3 versions: HP, MP (3000psi), and LP versions!