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RPM and Air Speed are first working instruments in ANT-18.

Last week we got our first two cockpit instruments to work and roughly calibrated in the ANT-18.  After restoring the two regulator bellows and replacing a good bit of bad vacuum hose, our cockpit engine RPM and air speed instruments started to work.  Yea!  Both instruments respond to throttle, and the air speed decreases in a climb.  When we connect up the instructor’s air speed instrument, the cockpit air speed instrument unfortunately stops working – so we’ve got some troubleshooting to do. 

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