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[mikemike]

Is it possible to receive a notification as a message when I fly over 5000 ft?
the maessage should then be called "Baro".

 

[Stevec]

Why 5000ft?

 

[andresmith76]

You could set the Altitude bug to 5,000' and use the Altitude Bug Alerter feature, detailed in Ch. 3-14 of the Skyview System Installation Guide:
"DEVIATION BAND: When the altitude of the aircraft climbs above or descends below the altitude bug by the amount of feet or meters set here, SkyView will announce “departing altitude” aurally (if audio output is configured)"

SETUP MENU> PFD SETUP > ALTITUDE ALERTER screen.

To configure/enable VOICE audio output, go into SETUP MENU > SYSTEM SETUP > AUDIO SETUP > ALTITUDE ALERT screen.

Andre'

 

[airguy]

Why 5000ft?

Not all countries start using Flight Levels like we do for Class Alpha airspace at 18,000 feet. Some start considerably lower than that.

 

[Stevec]

Appreciate that, 13000 here in NZ, but was wondering where 5000 was used as have not come across a transition altitude of 5000. Just asking

 

[mikemike]

Thanks for the answers.
When I fly through 5000 ft,(Transition Altitude ) the qnh has to be changed from the current meteorological reference pressure to qnh 1013.

 

[jnmeade]

My short review of Skyview Installation and Operating Manual s doesn't show that Skyview has a way to deal with transition altitudes. It is as if in North America when we reached FL180 (18,000') the altimeter automatically reset to 29.92, standard barometric pressure. instead of nearest baro reading. Other countries have different transition altitudes. It would have to be able to handle extremely high or low barometric pressure which changes the transition altitude rules.

If an alarm is desired, it might be better to have Skyview automatically transition from QNH to QNE at an altitude set by each pilot. Would have to cockpit adjustable as in Europe transition altitude changes from country to country. In North America we'd set it at 18,000 and leave it alone.

QNH is baro setting adjusted to sea level - the reading we set as obtained from our local baro source such as METAR
QNE, standard pressure which is 29.92 or 1013.
To make things worse, there is QFE, field elevation, which some glider pilots used.

Maybe a simple alarm would be easier, after all, come to think of it.

 

[airguy]

On the one hand I think it should be pilot responsibility - but my view is also influenced by the rarity with which I use it starting at FL180. For the lower transition altitude parts of the world, yes I think a user-selectable alarm to "Check Baro" when crossing a user-settable altitude point would be useful.

 

[mikemike]

Airguy, that is correct.
It should not be switched automatically, but I would like to see a yellow "Message" displayed below in order to be reminded.

 

[mikemike]

At the bottomline of the display flash "message". If I press on it then the hint should be "CHECK BARO SETTING"

 

[PYoder]

In all the jets I’ve flown, you can program the FMS with a transition altitude because they do vary from country to country (especially Europe) but they only provide a message, none switch automatically.

 

[mikemike]

I've just come back from the airfield and tried, as Andre 'wrote, to change it. But that only works for the altitude messages, which I had manually preselected as altitude during the flight.