C208 at FL320?
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C208 at FL320?
YouTube - Man vs Wild
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In the Man vs. Wild episode where Bear Grylls skydives from a C208, the aircraft's instruments are shown briefly. I don't know which variant of the C208 the plane was, but from what I've found via quick searches the highest performing aircraft's ceiling is FL300. However, the altimeter appears to be showing FL320.
Are aircraft able to go beyond their service ceiling by this much, or could this simply be a mis-calibrated altimeter? The instrument panel has at least two inoperative equipment indicators, leading to my other suspicion that this could just be a poorly maintained plane. Am I just bad at reading altimeters?
xtreme Desert (1/6)In the Man vs. Wild episode where Bear Grylls skydives from a C208, the aircraft's instruments are shown briefly. I don't know which variant of the C208 the plane was, but from what I've found via quick searches the highest performing aircraft's ceiling is FL300. However, the altimeter appears to be showing FL320.
Are aircraft able to go beyond their service ceiling by this much, or could this simply be a mis-calibrated altimeter? The instrument panel has at least two inoperative equipment indicators, leading to my other suspicion that this could just be a poorly maintained plane. Am I just bad at reading altimeters?
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YouTube - Man vs Wildxtreme Desert (1/6)
In the Man vs. Wild episode where Bear Grylls skydives from a C208, the aircraft's instruments are shown briefly. I don't know which variant of the C208 the plane was, but from what I've found via quick searches the highest performing aircraft's ceiling is FL300. However, the altimeter appears to be showing FL320.
Are aircraft able to go beyond their service ceiling by this much, or could this simply be a mis-calibrated altimeter? The instrument panel has at least two inoperative equipment indicators, leading to my other suspicion that this could just be a poorly maintained plane. Am I just bad at reading altimeters?
xtreme Desert (1/6)In the Man vs. Wild episode where Bear Grylls skydives from a C208, the aircraft's instruments are shown briefly. I don't know which variant of the C208 the plane was, but from what I've found via quick searches the highest performing aircraft's ceiling is FL300. However, the altimeter appears to be showing FL320.
Are aircraft able to go beyond their service ceiling by this much, or could this simply be a mis-calibrated altimeter? The instrument panel has at least two inoperative equipment indicators, leading to my other suspicion that this could just be a poorly maintained plane. Am I just bad at reading altimeters?
I hope you had permission to post that screen shot.
What interest do you have in how well/poorly the aircraft is maintained?
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Are aircraft able to go beyond their service ceiling by this much
The instrument panel has at least two inoperative equipment indicators, leading to my other suspicion that this could just be a poorly maintained plane.
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Service ceiling has nothing to do with cabin environment. It is the altitude under standard conditions with the engine or engines running at max continuous thrust (lots of tech stuff about rate of climb and angle of climb speeds) where the plane can maintain a 100 fpm rate of climb.
