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Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...X GPS really more accurate for altitude than the pressure altimeter? Or is the pr...ong the runway does your "altitude" (MSL) change very accur...original question about which altitude would I use. Under 3000 AGL I...s altimeter is set to the same pressure and reading some what the sam...- FYI: the "suction cup" mounts can release upon reaching an undetermined altitude -- due to pressure differential. It cost my buddy his new iPhone4S but, fortunately, it missed the prop!
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- ...ng). I wouldn't trust it for carrying fuel at altitude (low ambient pressure, relatively high internal pressure). They have fewer tie dow...nd I don't fear it will explode gas on me/engine at altitude (you do need to expel air bef...
- Here is the pressure gauge for checking the system. Tied in nicely behind the luggage door on the Tanarg
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- Jon Carmichael flying above 10,000 sport pilot limit to train for Private pilot high altitude mountain flying
- This album is a collection of photos showing the dismantling and reassemble (eventuall...ludge. Reassemble and bleed. And still No good, no pressure. After 2 days of stuffing...d to pump, pump,pump,pump...... Etc etc to get the pressure...
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- Glad to see some progress in the electric trike arena. South Carolina pilot sets t...w thousand feet above. It would not take much: No one had yet attempted an altitude record in this particular air...
- The test flights using manifold pressure as the reference, gave incredibly equal results for all props – all within one knot of each other! One k...
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- Cor - check this out. This is something that occurs reasonably regularly but isn't oft...ind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surface friction i...
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Words from a pilot During a commercial airline flight an experienced Air Force pilot was seated next t...paediatrician said that the time spent on the breast would help alleviate the pressure...
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- ...hould be flying at a cardinal altitude (odd or even thousand-foot altitudes e.g. 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,...ltimeter setting so relative (altitude) separation is maintained....tes. While more accurate than pressure altitude, it does not provide...
- From the Oz Report today: Sting Jets Tue, Nov 5 2013, 8:09:37 a...igh winds around the center of a low pressure Cross Country writes:...that the most damaging winds in low pressure areas occur in a very small r...t wraps around the centre of the low pressure...
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- Is anyone else having failures of their Oil Pressure sender frequently? I've gone through...e of a "remote" unit- wherein the oil pressure sender (which usually bolts d...a hose that if it leaks would lose all your oil/pressure...
- Hi all, So I was looking at Fuel Pumps for the Rotax 912 80hp and found tw...ues others have faced. Fuel Pressure Issues? I have read on many...ump was replaced, they had Fuel Pressure issues, did any of you n...hat the old pump doesn't have enough pressure...
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- ...35K foot encoder simplifying installation, three timer functions, a pressure altitude readout and with the optional Sandia OAT probe, OAT display, Density Altitude display and an Icing Alert....
- N numbered SLSA trike 315 hours on Rotax 912 80hp engine with carb heat. Engine TBO of 2000 hours. Trike has Microair Avionics transponder & altitude encoder. Trike has always bee...
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- 2nd Annual Fun fly-in in the "Outback" of Idaho!! Camp right on the s...s showed up for 4 days of wilderness flying in the ruged, rural, high-density altitude of Idaho. For a feel of w...
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- A high pressure system lead to some nice flying conditions, a bit cold but totally worth it.
- How cool is this!! I knew thew were full of it!! Aeroplanes can fly because their wings cause the air pressure underneath to be greater than...y which wrongly explains what causes the change in pressure...
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- From Pilot Tips / Workshops "Under VFR, you should be flying at a cardinal altitude (odd or even thousand-foot altitudes e.g. 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, etc.) plus 500 feet. This provides separation from IFR aircraft and other VFR aircraft on crossing courses. Your alt...
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