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In article "JWL" >Thanks guys, > > LSs answer is what I was looking for. Id read LSs original to mean >that installing an altimeter would violate 103 (not that I knew what that >meant) and didnt consider the additional weight of the instrument and >deck. thought it peculiar that a safety critical instrument would violate >something! Most ultralight pilots here in the US dont consider an altimeter to be that safety critical. Much of the flying is done under 1500 ft AGL and well away from controlled airports. We like to know how high we are, but its not critical to safety. It can be important if flying under a layer of class B-C-D airspace and also we need to know if we are above 1200 feet and must have 3 miles visibility. I still sometimes fly without my wrist altimeter and its not at all unsafe in my local flying area. -------------- Daniel Grunloh (grunloh@uiuc.edu) http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~grunloh |
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