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?"
...EBSITE which is GREAT on altimeter discussion, stories of near m...irs / crashes due to mistaken altimeter settings, "minor" misreads in...c examples of why an accurate altimeter setting can be critical: "...rture, sufficient to make the altimeter read 250-300 feet high if not...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...as all other pilots (pressure altimeter) but using an inaccurate pressure altimeter in your aircraft? I don...ouple moments calibrating the altimeter to agree with the documented...ver accurate) disagrees) when setting / reporting my altitudes....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?"
...n HPa... My instruments are old Russian and altimeter works in TORRs. Then I didnt...lew higher than G class then I never need resetting my altimeter. There are more TMA,MTMA...t 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 I pr...sions on a strip of paper and stuck that below my altimeter and used it when I needed to...; Altimet...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 SETUP MENU > FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS SETUP > ALTIMETER SETUP. When calibrating a...#39;t know of any Enigma that has failed a VFR altimet...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
Thank you Matt!!! Really great that you came on to explain things....urate for altitude than the pressure altimeter? Or is the programming...by the same amount as everyone else (altimeter set to common reference), tha...kinda a catch 22 if your barometric altimet...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...e tolerances when the correct altimeter setting is keyed into the unit. Their m...vation when using the correct altimeter setting. My current unit never...ay that I have to worry about altimeter settings (my local field elevation is...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...o they handle aircraft that are flying over areas where settings aren't reported? I don't think the altimeter setting would remain the same for the...mewhere over Mountain Pass if they keep their departure settings?