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April 18th 06, 12:08 PM
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GPS altitude vs altimeter altitude
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:58:42 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote: Does your old Cub have a sensitive altimeter or just a standard? One of those that, when it feels like it, swings a hundred feet up and down for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I think the best term for it would be sub-standard. -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com 
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April 18th 06, 04:17 PM
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GPS altitude vs altimeter altitude
Cub Driver wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:58:42 -0500, "Jim Macklin" wrote: Does your old Cub have a sensitive altimeter or just a standard? One of those that, when it feels like it, swings a hundred feet up and down for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I think the best term for it would be sub-standard. Just tap on the face a bit.
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April 18th 06, 04:48 PM
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GPS altitude vs altimeter altitude
that's what the engine does
"Stubby" wrote in message . .. | Cub Driver wrote: | On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:58:42 -0500, "Jim Macklin" | wrote: | | Does your old Cub have a sensitive altimeter or just a | standard? | | One of those that, when it feels like it, swings a hundred feet up and | down for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I think the best term for it | would be sub-standard. | | Just tap on the face a bit.
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April 19th 06, 11:45 AM
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GPS altitude vs altimeter altitude
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:17:55 -0400, Stubby
wrote: One of those that, when it feels like it, swings a hundred feet up and down for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I think the best term for it would be sub-standard. Just tap on the face a bit. I'd have to bring a broomstick! (J-3s fly solo from the back seat.) -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
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#5
April 18th 06, 04:48 PM
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GPS altitude vs altimeter altitude
sounds like it has water in the static line.
"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message ... | On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:58:42 -0500, "Jim Macklin" | wrote: | | Does your old Cub have a sensitive altimeter or just a | standard? | | One of those that, when it feels like it, swings a hundred feet up and | down for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I think the best term for it | would be sub-standard. | | | -- all the best, Dan Ford | | email: usenet AT danford DOT net | | Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com | Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com | In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com
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