On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:23:51 -0500, Todd Pattist
wrote:

Tony Verhulst wrote:

Slightly off topic, I remember reading about a (pre-digital) military
transport where the flight engineer's station was designed so that when
everything was operating normally, all dials pointed in the same
direction. It almost trivialized detecting abnormalities.

This is standard in race car instrumentation. The gauges
are rotated when they are installed so that all needles
point up when they're "in the green" during a race.

Trivial point, but why is it that in the US ASIs tend to point down
when 'in the green', but in the UK we mount them the other way up? Its
obviously intentional because the numbers are oriented to suit.


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