Hi,
I went down the route of a 3 pointer Altimeter, mechanical ASI and Tru
Track ADI for the back up to my GRT Panels, but if I were to do it over
again I would use some thing like the Dynon D6 or GRT Mini and run them on
a battery back up.
Paul
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Andrew Sarangan <asarangan@gmail.com> wrote
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> I doubt the capsule will blow up if you go higher. May be at 100,000
> ft it might. Most likely the 10,000 ft limit has to do with the
> calibration range. If you go higher, it may stop moving (if it has an
> internal mechanical stop) or it may simply continue reading into the
> uncalibrated range, but 11,000 ft may show as 1000 ft. Since this is
> really for backup at low altitudes, I would just use it and decide
> later if it is worth upgrading.
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> Alternatively, as Fred pointed out, you can get sensitive altimeters
> with three pointers for under USD $300 at aircraft spruce.
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> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, spcialeffects <spcialeffects@aol.com>
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> > Ladies and gentlemen of the forum, not sure if this is a stupid questio
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> or not but I don't know the answer and so hoped someone a little more
> knowledgeable than me could enlighten me with the answer. If an altimeter
> only reads up to 10000ft what happens to it if you go to say 12/15000ft?
> Will it blow up? Does it not have a quantified amount of air in a chamber
> which expands the higher you go? The reason I ask the question is that I
am
> going to have a glass cockpit (dynon skyview) but need an old style
> altimeter as a back up. There's one that reads up to 10000ft for =A3280is
h
> but the same one reading up to 20000ft is =A3780ish! =A3500 difference is
quite
> a lot so that's the reason for my question, that's not to say I'm going
> flying over 10000ft all the time. Thanks Frank
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