Regardless of what people want to admit - FSDO is a huge issue with '03 Vikings and higher - and until just a few weeks ago AKA refused to publicly acknowledge it, instead (IMHO) "blaming" users for not using enough lube, having dirty guns, mis-adjusted dwell, etc. There is now a 4 page thread over at PBN about the problem. When you consider the small numbers (in comparison to other markers) that AKA produces, the numbers of people with FSDO is pretty high. The plot thickens even more when you consider that they changed the orings in the '04 model to resolve the issue - while never admitting a problem.
I had an '02 model with NO FSDO. Something has changed over at AKA and I'm interested in what the issue is. As I stated in the PBN thread:
As I've said elsewhere in this thread that FSDO is not simply "on" or "off." It starts as soon the marker resets from a firing cycle and builds from there. Does it take 10 minutes or so to build to a "noticeable" level? Yes, but at any point between the end of a cycle and the next what ever is causing it is incremental building back. That means one thing - inconsistent velocity, which mean inaccuracy. Anyone who things that after a set time (say 10 minutes) that the condition causing FSDO just magically "pops" back in existence is fooling themselves. The same goes for simply upping the dwell. Just because you don't see FSDO any longer (the worst case example of what ever the problem is) doesn't mean that this issue isn't still there to some lesser extent.
-Calvin
I had an '02 model with NO FSDO. Something has changed over at AKA and I'm interested in what the issue is. As I stated in the PBN thread:
As I've said elsewhere in this thread that FSDO is not simply "on" or "off." It starts as soon the marker resets from a firing cycle and builds from there. Does it take 10 minutes or so to build to a "noticeable" level? Yes, but at any point between the end of a cycle and the next what ever is causing it is incremental building back. That means one thing - inconsistent velocity, which mean inaccuracy. Anyone who things that after a set time (say 10 minutes) that the condition causing FSDO just magically "pops" back in existence is fooling themselves. The same goes for simply upping the dwell. Just because you don't see FSDO any longer (the worst case example of what ever the problem is) doesn't mean that this issue isn't still there to some lesser extent.
-Calvin
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