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06-09-2011, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Signal Mirror
Anyone know where I can get a real one?
A real one has a visible aiming spot. I've found a number that don't have the aiming spot, of if they do, it doesn't work.
Thanks,
Dave
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06-09-2011, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Vonore, TN
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Boy Scouts
It's been a long time since I went looking for one, but you might try your local Boy Scout supplies store. Or perhaps a serious camping or climbing store, like REI. I have a vintage BSA metal mirror with the hole in the middle.
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Vonore, TN
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06-09-2011, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Paule
Anyone know where I can get a real one?
A real one has a visible aiming spot. I've found a number that don't have the aiming spot, of if they do, it doesn't work.
Thanks,
Dave
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Just get a piece of mirrored plexi, cut it to whatever size you wish, and drill a hole in it.
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Steve M.
Ellensburg WA
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06-09-2011, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
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Any mirror will do as a signaling mirror. If you hold the mirror in your right hand infront of your chin area and hold your left thumb up as a "front site" and place it just under your target use the moon or sunlight to light up your left thumb and the target will be lit up also.
I would hate to think of someone not using a mirror in an emergency because it didn't have a hole in it. 
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06-10-2011, 04:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Alpharetta, GA
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Sporty's has had these since forever, and they still do. I remember seeing them in their pre-Internet catalog back in the 70's.
- John
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06-10-2011, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Asheville, NC
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Simple and indestructable
I see so many signalling mirrors that are reflecting only on one side. Obviously, I don't know how to use them.
The Surplus mirror I have had for years is mirrored both sides such that you can see the sun spot on your cheek from the aiming hole. You roughly align your target and then angle the mirror until the sun spot you can see on your cheek in the mirror aligns with the hole in the mirror. Holding that spot alignment, do final targeting by sighting through the hole. Sounds much harder than it is in real life and works like a charm. Not sure how to get the angles right otherwise (with the single sided mirrors).
I have an indestructable version of this that is a piece of polished stainless with a hole in it.
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Bill Pendergrass
ME/AE '82
RV-7A: Flying since April 15, 2012. 850 hrs
YIO-360-M1B, mags, CS, GRT EX and WS H1s & A/P, Navworx
Unpainted, polished....kinda'... Eyeballin' vinyl really hard.
Yeah. The boss got a Silhouette Cameo 4 Xmas 2019.
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06-10-2011, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
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Instructions
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06-10-2011, 07:25 AM
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Ah! OK, I see the mesh technology will do the alignment in a slighly different but simple manner. Thanks Alan!
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Bill Pendergrass
ME/AE '82
RV-7A: Flying since April 15, 2012. 850 hrs
YIO-360-M1B, mags, CS, GRT EX and WS H1s & A/P, Navworx
Unpainted, polished....kinda'... Eyeballin' vinyl really hard.
Yeah. The boss got a Silhouette Cameo 4 Xmas 2019.
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06-10-2011, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Newnan, GA
Posts: 318
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based at KCTJ, Carrollton, GA
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