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Old February 25th 04, 08:13 PM
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Robert Ehrlich wrote in message ...
André Somers wrote:
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The "normal" instruments are very easy to
interpret (it has been shown that round dials are by far the easiest to
comprehend for the human brain: judging angles is easier than judging a
distance or reading and interpretting a figure.)
...


Also I found, on returning from hang gliding to the world of
conventional aircraft, that conventional altimeters are MUCH harder to
read than a digital output. It took me a while to get used to them
again, and I'd still much prefer digital output.
 




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