I went out to fly after work today ? the first time in about four days. Saturday was nice ? a little lunch and some formation work with Louise. Sunday was gloppy, it got cold Monday, positively frigid (for Houston) on Tuesday (and I was busy at work both days until late), so today (Wednesday) was the first day this week that was reasonable to get in a little pre-dinner Acro. As I swept through the checklist, I saw that the analog altimeter was reading about 350 ? ? a big change from our sea level altitude, but not unreasonable, so I dialed it back down. When the EFIS came up, I saw that it was reading MINUS 650? ! Oh wow ? I hadn?t bothered to check the ?thousands? needle on the analog ? what I thought was +350 was, in fact, just what the EFIS was showing ? minus 650!! As I corrected them both to field elevation, I checked the altimeter setting ? sure enough 30.63? !
When I sat in the RV-3 cockpit this evening, I noticed that the backup Winter altimeter only goes up to 30.50"??
Anybody ever recalling seeing pressures like this before? Kinda? the opposite of our summer hurricane weather?
Paul
When I sat in the RV-3 cockpit this evening, I noticed that the backup Winter altimeter only goes up to 30.50"??
Anybody ever recalling seeing pressures like this before? Kinda? the opposite of our summer hurricane weather?
Paul