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Old August 22nd 03, 08:36 PM
Newps
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Once below a certain agl altitude the TCAS will not give and RA but only
a TA.

Roy Smith wrote:
I asked:

Do TCAS RA's take terrain into account?



Newps wrote:

Yes, the airplane knows how high it is. It will not drive it self into
the ground.



Bob Noel wrote:

TCAS units do not contain terrain databases.



I'm having a hard time making these two responses jive :-)