Status aerial position
Having had two Bailey Unicorns with Status aerials our handbooks have instructed that the aerial should be horizontal and pointing rearwards when travelling. Occasionally you see others pointing forwards, however I have see quite a number this year turned sideways with the leading edge downwards presenting a broadside into the wind. The arrangment now looks like a aeroplane flap angled deeper than 45 degress. Has the advice now changed. It certainly looks less aeridynamic and likely to strain the assembly
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Our aerial mast has a red dot and an instruction sticker saying that it should be in the direction of travel i.e. the narrow end pointing forward. And so, for 130,000 miles in our motorhome, we have done just that without a problem. On the odd occasion that
we have brushed against a low-hanging branch, the aerial has twirled around without damage, aided by the wedge shape.0 -
Our aerial mast has a red dot and an instruction sticker saying that it should be in the direction of travel i.e. the narrow end pointing forward. And so, for 130,000 miles in our motorhome, we have done just that without a problem. On the odd occasion that we have brushed against a low-hanging branch, the aerial has twirled around without damage, aided by the wedge shape.
130000 miles or not, it's pointing the wrong way ......
http://www.visionplus.co.uk/assets/pdfs/530_ENG/530_ENG.pdf
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Don't think its something we've ever considered . Its always retracted to roof level. Comes down quite low and we have a roof light in front of it. Will check out which position its in when we go over to clean it tomorrow, hopefully! So it should be broad
side facing the direction of travel? Have I got that correctly?0 -
Don't think its something we've ever considered . Its always retracted to roof level. Comes down quite low and we have a roof light in front of it. Will check out which position its in when we go over to clean it tomorrow, hopefully! So it should be broad
side facing the direction of travel? Have I got that correctly?Pointy bit to the back of the vehicle and the red dot to the back too
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Our aerial mast has a red dot and an instruction sticker saying that it should be in the direction of travel i.e. the narrow end pointing forward. And so, for 130,000 miles in our motorhome, we have done just that without a problem. On the odd occasion that
we have brushed against a low-hanging branch, the aerial has twirled around without damage, aided by the wedge shape.130000 miles or not, it's pointing the wrong way ......
http://www.visionplus.co.uk/assets/pdfs/530_ENG/530_ENG.pdf
Well then, you're right, but Hymer say otherwise! We'll just keep pointing our aerial to the front for as long as we can keep going - health and rust permitting
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Our aerial mast has a red dot and an instruction sticker saying that it should be in the direction of travel i.e. the narrow end pointing forward. And so, for 130,000 miles in our motorhome, we have done just that without a problem. On the odd occasion that
we have brushed against a low-hanging branch, the aerial has twirled around without damage, aided by the wedge shape.130000 miles or not, it's pointing the wrong way ......
http://www.visionplus.co.uk/assets/pdfs/530_ENG/530_ENG.pdf
Well then, you're right, but Hymer say otherwise! We'll just keep pointing our aerial to the front for as long as we can keep going - health and rust permitting
So .... the manufacturer of the aerial says one thing, Hymers contradicts it, but you're continuing to point it the wrong way cos you've always done that ....... no real answer to that
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Hi, alot of the position indicators were incorrectly placed on the product, the pointed part should be facing the rear of the vehicle, the reason is that if you have it the other way round is the lift under the ariel from air pressure which can in some instances
place stress on the roof seal and create the possibilty of water ingress. During the many damp tests i have carried out i have found this to be one of the causes of ingress around the ariel seal.0 -
Having had two Bailey Unicorns with Status aerials our handbooks have instructed that the aerial should be horizontal and pointing rearwards when travelling. Occasionally you see others pointing forwards, however I have see quite a number this year turned
sideways with the leading edge downwards presenting a broadside into the wind. The arrangment now looks like a aeroplane flap angled deeper than 45 degress. Has the advice now changed. It certainly looks less aeridynamic and likely to strain the assemblyYou may well have seen my 'van about. It's nothing to do with the advice given, it's just that in some high winds earlier this year the tilt mechanism was broken so I can't put it in the proper position.
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.... it's just that in some high winds earlier this year the tilt mechanism was broken so I can't put it in the proper position.
If you open the aerial casing up & have a look at the mechanism, you may well find that one of the nylon bevel gears has stripped teeth. I phoned Grade to ask about spare parts. When I told him what I wanted he said that as they'd since modified one of the
bevel gears to brass he'd send me one FOC!
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