RadAlt Tweeking

[Martian Emigrant]

The look of the RadAlt is a throwback to the days of electro-mechanical.

The "Guard" over the needle would have been something the engineer would have added so the pilot doesn't use it over what it's certified for. Meaning that it works but the ± error in readings and actuals was out of bound. When way out of range the needle would be "Parked" under the guard and all the way up.

(I know it isn't so much a guard over the needle as a painted area. Easily fixed....No?  )

However anyone who as actually flown with such instruments would use the actual position of the shaft of the needle to tell WHEN the instrument would be usable. That the RadAlt "Is Alive". You know like "Soon" or "Not so soon" (You also know that it is not broken, US).

It's already annoying enough to have to duck in the cockpit to read it at night over an unknown terrain.

The getting in the cockpit and reading 3000m all every time until you miss the correct time is getting to me.

A digital instrument is a different story as it display nothing until it is deemed usable (By the engineer).

 

ME

 

Edited September 19, 2016 by Martian Emigrant