[A/S] Re: Mirrors; was New Airsteam Owner

[as5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi, Joe:

> I use the McKesh mirrors on my 2000 GMC Sierra 2500 to tow a 34' 
Limited A/S 
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> The things I don't like about them is the ease with they could be
> stolen.
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Interesting...I would not have been worried about someone wanting to 
steal mirrors, but having *one* springbar jack stolen from my Hensley 
Arrow hitchlast fall has made me a believer that there's someone out 
there who'll steal *anything*.  It's hard to see what they would do 
with it, unless they also had a Hensley.

> The other thing is the setup I have includes the wide angle convex
> mirrors on each side. That makes a total of three mirrors to look 
in for information about what is going on behind you, and in a panic 
>situation, I almost hit information overload, can't decide which 
>mirror to use the data from.

Well, if you put multiple mirrors on, you should expect to get 
multiple data paths.  Reminds me of the comment a Navy pilot made to 
a DARPA guy who was proposing a 120 dB dynamic range on aircraft 
targeting radars, so they could double or triple the number of 
simultaneous threats that could be displayed to the pilot.  He told 
the guy that that was a surefire way to induce the pilot to turn the 
whole darn thing off...the only threats they were really interested 
in were the ones getting ready to shoot at them.

That's an advantage to those ugly camping mirrors you used to be able 
to get on GM vehicles as an option (maybe you still can, but I like 
the remote electric mirrors I have).  

So many possibilities, how to decide...;-)

- Dick
(5368)