For those that are upset/complaining/disenfranchised by the “altimeter,” what exactly do you expect from it?
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For those that are upset/complaining/disenfranchised by the “altimeter,” what exactly do you expect from it?
For those that are upset/complaining/disenfranchised by the “altimeter,” what exactly do you expect from it?
Something that worked. What’s the point of having this if it’s so inaccurate it’s worthless?For those that are upset/complaining/disenfranchised by the “altimeter,” what exactly do you expect from it?
I have multiple devices that transmit altitude. One being a Garmin GPS from 25 years ago.This is not meant to be rude or snarky, just a dose of reality.
For an “altimeter” to “work,” it needs to be constantly updated with an accurate local pressure setting. It’s far from a set it and forget it kind of instrument. Over the course of a few hours of flying wildly different altimeter settings are encountered due to movement of and through various air masses. Caveat: this is all assuming that you’re intending to display True Altitude, aka MSL. Flying Texan will chime in about pressure altitude I’m sure.
There seems to be some misconception that an “altimeter” on some way cross-references DTED map data for elevation and knows exactly where you are in height above sea level to the foot. That’s just not true. An altimeter, in its true form, simply measures pressure difference from a standard datum plane.
I highly doubt that if Ineos would have put a real altimeter in the Gren anybody, pilot nerds excluded, would even take the time to set the pressure. Likely, more would complain about it.
Rather, maybe they should have called it something other than an altimeter, as that name implies that it is indeed such an instrument.
Now let’s get back to the real issue: the digital and analog compass don’t agree!!
An analogue clockIt comes on the TM but I'm hoping some cool replacement thing finds its way to the aftermarket. Not sure what - just something either more useful or more beautiful - something from Smiths would be doubly cool.
To work!For those that are upset/complaining/disenfranchised by the “altimeter,” what exactly do you expect from it?
Exactly! Well said! If it can not work correctly what is the point! I would have saved my money, it just looks stupid.I have multiple devices that transmit altitude. One being a Garmin GPS from 25 years ago.
It's a cute little thing, but utterly useless and should have been cut if they couldn't figure out how to prevent this amount of error in reading. I don't think anyone is expecting to level acreage with the altimeter, but it looks stupid at this point especially when other methods are available.
Hell, add a line of code that says.
IF ALT <0, ALT=0
Pretty much anytime someone rides with me.Exactly! Well said! If it can not work correctly what is the point! I would have saved my money, it just looks stupid.
I suspect the compass and altitude information is repeated from the onboard GPS used by the Pathfinder system. If that's correct, then the altitude (elevation actually) is GPS-derived via satellite signal timing and triangulation. My compass regularly freezes. When that occurs the altitude data also freezes which suggests it's GPS-derived. I think this has been acknowledged as a software issue.l like the altimeter, and
Or was it 80 cm?
- as soon as I saw I was driving 10m below sea level, I knew it was a barometric altimeter
- and, anyway, my Grenadier can drive 80m below sea level
But this would upset the Dutch?! And I see you live in New Orleans!!Hell, add a line of code that says.
IF ALT <0, ALT=0