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Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
That's straight forward, but, if you are in the middle of nowhere and cannot get the local altimeter setting before taking off, is it OK / sufficient to use the GPS altitude to set your altimeter prior to takeoff?Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
Getting back to the original question about which altitude would I use. Under 3000 AGL I will watch my gps, over 3000 AGL I will use my altimeter on the hopes that everyone else's altimeter is set to the same pressure and reading some what the same.Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...in HPa... My instruments are old Russian and altimeter works in TORRs. Then I didnt...than G class then I never need resetting my altimeter. There are more TMA,MTMA...rt only... Yes, I should to buy new standard altimeter... but...its too expensive :)Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
Jozinko (@Sajan), I had an altimeter at one time that would only read in mBar, so...on a strip of paper and stuck that below my altimeter and used it when I needed to...sp; Altimeter: 1013 mBar = 29.92 inH...
Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...Hi Firstlight, you can calibrate your Enigma altimeter in MENU > MENU > SYSTEM...ETUP MENU > FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS SETUP > ALTIMETER SETUP. When calibrating a...9;t know of any Enigma that has failed a VFR altimeter test. You can always get it t...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...more accurate for altitude than the pressure altimeter? Or is the programming...be off by the same amount as everyone else (altimeter set to common reference), tha...place-- kinda a catch 22 if your barometric altimeter is not accurate-- So, t...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...To be on the same standard as all other pilots (pressure altimeter) but using an inaccurate pressure altimeter in your aircraft? I don...r my hangar). Spend a couple moments calibrating the altimeter to agree with the documented...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...c examples of why an accurate altimeter setting can be critical:...rture, sufficient to make the altimeter read 250-300 feet high if not...hecklist,' cross-checking altimeters at 30.22. This seemed a litt...ceed as planed, maintain VFR, Altimeter setting 29.95" &n...- ...in the process of selling it and buying a single seat trike. I've been using a Garmin Montana 650 GPS on my quad and my PPG. It has maps and altimeter and works great. I too am loo...
Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...n be said for inexpensive analog altimeters, but they are becoming less...able tolerances when the correct altimeter setting is keyed into the uni...elevation when using the correct altimeter setting. My current uni...away that I have to worry about altimeter settings (my local field elev...