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On Mar 20, 11:53 am, "kevmor" wrote:
How can you adjust an altimeter if the pressure isn't correct in the window for the altitude? I started talking to my examiner about it on the checkride and he said that a lot of people adjust it themselves (not an avionics shop, etc), and he said you take the front off (I think) and theres a screw to adjust it? The plane would be used for VFR only... Is there an adjustment that can be made to the encoder as well if it's off? http://www.cozybuilders.org/newsletters/news_30.html It's easy enough to do if you want to. BUT It's a) not legal and b) adjusting the altimeter at your airport elevation may make it totally out of spec at cruising altitude. The instrument shop adjusts it so that it's in spec over the entire range of altitudes, not just correct at one particular one. Ed |
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kevmor wrote:
The airplane was set on 1200 and never changed for a decade, maybe it just needed to be cycled some Don't feel bad. We use ours pretty much every time we leave the pattern, and sometimes we still have to do a full spin to clean the contacts. With us, it's normally the first digit, as ours normally always seems to be a 1, 5 , or 0. The 2, 3, 4, and 6, and 7 sometimes get dirty in that slot. Now that I think about it, I can't believe how often I'm told to squawk 5304. G |
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