Metric Instruments

Hi,

Winter instruments are available with either 6 O'clock or 12 O'clock zero
for airspeed indicators and altimeters. 12 O'clock is standard.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"Stig Oye" wrote in message
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No. I believe that it is an old German standard, but if you buy
PZL instruments you can specify it to either top or bottom.

http://www.pzl.com.pl/en/produkty/os...e/pw-12-a.html

BTW, these instruments are very high quality but somewhat heavy.
Highly recommended.

Regards Stig Oye

In article , Roy Bourgeois
says:

This may be a silly question - but are all metric altimeters
configured with 'Zero at 6 O'clock' as I saw in France?
I did not have trouble converting to meters/kilometers
but I did have trouble quickly reading the altimeter
with the zero at the bottom of the instrument face
(especially on the little 57mm instruments). Just
curious.

Roy

On Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:18:20 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Bourgeois wrote:
This may be a silly question - but are all metric altimeters
configured with 'Zero at 6 O'clock' as I saw in France?
I did not have trouble converting to meters/kilometers
but I did have trouble quickly reading the altimeter
with the zero at the bottom of the instrument face
(especially on the little 57mm instruments). Just
curious.

Roy

http://www.rlkswitches.com/

Hi Roy,

That is very common. It is the standard. I suppose it is similar to most
industrial gauges which have the zero at the bottom.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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wrote in message
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:18:20 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Bourgeois wrote:
This may be a silly question - but are all metric altimeters
configured with 'Zero at 6 O'clock' as I saw in France?
I did not have trouble converting to meters/kilometers
but I did have trouble quickly reading the altimeter
with the zero at the bottom of the instrument face
(especially on the little 57mm instruments). Just
curious.

Roy

http://www.rlkswitches.com/