Skydat GX2

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Skydat GX2

Postby Mc Guyver » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:07 am

Does any one know if the Skydat GX2 gives indicated airspeed or true airspeed :?:
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Re: Skydat GX2

Postby D2O » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:21 am

Looks like its IAS only.

The manual can be found here:
http://www.airborne.com.au/images/pdf/G ... glish1.pdf
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Re: Skydat GX2

Postby Wargames » Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:02 pm

Mc Guyver wrote:Does any one know if the Skydat GX2 gives indicated airspeed or true airspeed :?:
ASI always gives airspeed as indicated airspeed. True airspeed is a speed relative to earth due to air density to give a more workable solution on calculations for a nav, but indicated airspeed is always used to show how much air is moving over the wings and to indicate VNE.
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Re: Skydat GX2

Postby Mc Guyver » Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:39 pm

Wargames wrote:
Mc Guyver wrote:Does any one know if the Skydat GX2 gives indicated airspeed or true airspeed :?:
ASI always gives airspeed as indicated airspeed. True airspeed is a speed relative to earth due to air density to give a more workable solution on calculations for a nav, but indicated airspeed is always used to show how much air is moving over the wings and to indicate VNE.
Thanks wargames,
The question was does the Skydat give TAS or IAS
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Re: Skydat GX2

Postby Wargames » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:54 am

Mc Guyver wrote:
Wargames wrote:
Mc Guyver wrote:Does any one know if the Skydat GX2 gives indicated airspeed or true airspeed :?:
ASI always gives airspeed as indicated airspeed. True airspeed is a speed relative to earth due to air density to give a more workable solution on calculations for a nav, but indicated airspeed is always used to show how much air is moving over the wings and to indicate VNE.
Thanks wargames,
The question was does the Skydat give TAS or IAS
Forgot to mention that the skydat is a ASI and thus shows you IAS.
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