"David Brooks" wrote in message
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"BTIZ" wrote in message
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ok.. I may be backwards... I don't normally define the use of Q
settings..

The bottom line is, the discussion was brought up with the AF T-Bird
doing
acro and not computing the altitude needed at the top of a maneuver to
safely pull out above ground level. Some argue to set the altimeter to
zero
elevation before takeoff. It just can't be done in many places out west.

IIRC, this discussion earlier revealed that the T-bird pilots have
super-wizzo-thingummy altimeters that can indeed set QFE at high
elevations.
Granted, yours and mine can't.

-- David Brooks

Hi David;

The Thunderbirds use a standard altimeter setting for the point of
demonstration and do not use a 0 altimeter set. Their maneuver profiles are
corrected to MSL altitudes. Stricklin unfortunately on the way up the front
side of his maneuver mentally "corrected" his reverse top target gate to
Nellis' elevation instead of where he was. This put the Viper way low of
where it should have been at the top side commit. He missed his visual cues
as well. The airplane simply didn't have the g available vs the altitude
under it to cut the corner.
Dudley