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Old 9th Nov 2012, 08:06
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Lightning Mate
 
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Here you go...




The sea level presure in column A is 1000mb and the aircraft is flying at the 700mb pressure level.

The sea level pressure in column B is 900mb, so the 700mb pressure level is lower.

The aircraft will therefore descend with a constant altimeter reading because it is merely following the 700mb pressure level. Remember that the altimeter is simply a barometer.

All that has to be done in column B is to reset the subscale to 900mb.

So barometric error is not an error of the instrument. It may more aptly be described as "finger trouble" by flying with a mis-set subscale setting.

LM

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