I just discovered that mine is way off as well. I always just set it to field elevation and did not know it until at a towered airport I tried to set in the barometric pressure setting, it was way off! I need to have my encoder checked also, will have them both done at once I guess.
--- In [email protected], "leehockman" <leehock...@...> wrote: > > My altitude indicator now reads about 200 feet too high when I set the > barometric pressure. Does anybody know if this is something that can be > adjusted for less than the cost of a new instrument? Or, does someone have a > used but more accurate instrument for sale? Also, my directional gyro is now > making alot of bearing noise when it spins up and is no longer accurate > either. Anybody know where I might find a used gyro with good bearings? Or, > can I just replace the DG with a vertical card compass? And if so, does > anyone out there have a good vertical card compass for sale? >
