Topic: Aircraft Altimeters
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What does an aircraft's altimeter indicate?
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What kind of aircraft has to get an altimeter and static check?
THe altimeter/static inspection is only required ... Read More »
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On an aircraft with conventional instruments, how does the altime...
That is a major problem with altimeters. They're based on standard atmosphere. So, yes, you can have erroneous information. But each airport usually has altimeter settings, which you just change to as you're enroute. For strips with no alti... Read More »
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ACAS II (TCAS II) always utilises pressure altitude information which relates to the standard 1013.2 hPa. It does not affect ACAS II operation if aircraft are flying Flight Levels on the standard pressure setting, altitude on QNH, or height...
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Source: http://www.eurocontrol.int/msa/public/faq/ACAS_FAQ.html
MP, PM thanks, My interest comes from considering that the so called ‘much safer’ VNAV profile approach may not be as error proof as an ILS if the QNH is mis-set. Because the ILS GS is ground based, the glidepath is always correctly positio...
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