yobnoc 142 #1 Posted May 9, 2019 Hey folks, just putting feelers out there, as I've heard this is a somewhat common occurrence. On Saturday, I checked my altitude, broke off from formation, tracked away, checked my Viso II again and to my surprise, it was blank. Then it turned back on once I was under canopy at around 3k, but it was displaying 600', and when I landed it was reading -300'. Luckily I was able to follow other traffic in and land safely. When I looked at the altimeter, I found that the battery cover had cracked completely across, close to the screw that holds it on. So my question is: has anyone had this happen? How did you contact L&B to get a new cover? I keep getting redirected to some place called SSK in Lebanon, OH. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,192 #2 May 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, yobnoc said: Luckily I was able to follow other traffic in and land safely. You needed luck to land without a functioning altimeter? Sigh, kids these days...... SSK is the North American service provider for L&B. As well as CYPRES. Good people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #3 May 10, 2019 (edited) SSK is the L&B service center in the US. Same as for AirTec. Edit: Gowlerk beat me to it. Edited May 10, 2019 by wolfriverjoe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yobnoc 142 #4 May 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, gowlerk said: You needed luck to land without a functioning altimeter? Sigh, kids these days...... SSK is the North American service provider for L&B. As well as CYPRES. Good people. I'm just a skypup. So, while I didn't need it to land safely, I didn't know that until I had to actually do it. The really lucky part is that it functioned during the skydive until I was about to pitch anyway. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pit76 5 #5 May 10, 2019 Time to buy a second alti like an audible. I bought mine when I got my A license. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yobnoc 142 #6 May 11, 2019 Update* I contacted SSK and they're shipping a replacement battery cover free of charge. Viso customer for life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddingo 21 #7 May 12, 2019 I use analog + optima II, feel much better with the two technologies combined. I have trust issues with things that run only on batteries that's why I haven't transitioned to digital alti yet. But a need may occur very soon if I'm gonna get into swooping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
