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Old 3rd Nov 2017, 02:05
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Originally Posted by Musician
That seems unlikely.

Since the ADIRS also uses inertial inputs to determine height, and these are not affected by temperature, it is possible that the unit did actually do as programmed and steered the plane down an actual 3.5° slope
FPA uses baro-inertial vertical speed and therefore FPA is affected by non-standard temperatures and consequntly requires temperature correction.
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