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Futeki:
Hey guys, I just finished my stage 1 test and missed a few questions. Some I get and one I don't.

It asked, you land at an airport with a altimeter setting of 29.92 instead of the current setting of 30.00 what will your altimeter say if the field elevation is 2,000ft.

I have the right answer now but...my mind does not want to wrap around the way to get the right answer.

Do you guys have any tricks or tips in the general area of altimeter settings and how to figure them out because I'm having trouble getting it even while looking at the book.

Rooster Cruiser:
Your altimeter will read 2080 feet, assuming it reads perfectly and OAT is ISA standard temp for 2000 feet (+11C).

RC

Baradium:
every inch is 1000 ft....

so every .1 is 100 ft

and .01  is 10 ft.   


you were .08 off from the actual field elevation,   so 10 times 8  is 80 ft.     


Since 30.00 is a higher number than 29.92  the field pressure is higher than your setting pressure...  that means that the field will be lower than your alimeter thinks.  As you set a higher altimeter setting your alimeter goes down.       

cotejy:
I'm impress guys.  ::bow:: I use to know those things but I kind of forgot it right after the written test many years ago. Now, I just put the correct altimeter setting given by nearby ATIS and that's it.

I bet you can actually answer a question on gyro precession. Please don't. What's left of my brain would melt.

G-man:
One has no need for altimeter settings---never get high enough...

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