I was just at the airport today and I looked at my new overhauled United
altimeter. The lowest setting is 28.10. There is a little travel past
that but you'd have to guess at what the setting really is. The station
pressure here is usually around 26 inches. Looks like the highest
altitude for which you could correct to zero will be about 2000 MSL,
depending of course on the actual altimeter setting.



Dudley Henriques wrote:
Thanks Newps; that jives with what I have so far anyway. I'm assuming a 27.5
low end on the Kollsman. Does that sound right to you. I'm at home and can't
check it :-)
Dudley
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Hey, I live at 3650 and can't set my altimeter to zero.



Dudley Henriques wrote:


Hey, you mountain types out there :-) I'm doing some research on a

safety

issue and need your help . I need a post from someone flying out of

Colorado

somewhere, preferably Telluride or a field very close to Telluride. I

need

as close to the highest elevation in the U.S. as I can get.
I'm not dealing with this issue in the context of right or wrong as it
pertains to mountain flying. I need to know if the Kollsman window in

your

altimeters has a wide enough range to allow you, IF YOU DESIRED TO DO

SO, to

set your altimeters to 0 elevation on a consistent basis before take off

at

your field instead of a MSL setting. Again, I'm only interested in the
possibility, not the right and wrongs involved with doing this.
Thanks,
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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