Altimeter setting

It is still nice to have QFE set for your
competition finish and I will re-set especially if control is giving it as
you call 5 minutes.


I don't get this at all. What is the advantage?

Aerobatics and local winch ops have the common feature that one
doesn't expect to be sharing airspace with other users. In this case,
it doesn't matter to others what you use for an altimeter setting.

When sharing airspace with others -- which is most of recreational and
virtually all of competition soaring -- it's stupid not to have
everyone on a common standard. This is just as true when local
soaring around a public use airport as it is for cross country.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:25:13 -0800, guy wrote:

The one situation where setting the altimeter to "zero' before flight
makes sense is flying a purely aerobatic flight. You will never be
towed high enough to bust airspace rules. You must be totally focused
on how high you are above the ground and to make sure you do not bust
the 1,500 floor for aerobatic flight. With so much going on in the
cockpit, setting the altimeter to zero makes the scan of the panel very
simple.

Its also quite comforting if you're a flat-land flier and visiting a hill-
top site for a spot of ridge soaring.


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