'Course, Baron, I realize that (we actually have some "nice" figures as rules of thumb when it comes to working with ft/min, like 1000 being the... "standard" or desired value to use when following procedures, 2000 being the most extreme one would go - but, quite frankly, commercial pilots don't always follow these "common sense", "academy" 'rules'... ;-) I've seen them doing even 3500!!! on many an occasion...). However, please note that my comment was in view of the discussion for a *new* parameter or format. In that sense I have to favor the purest possible value, right?...
And, for rules of thumb, one would work with 5 m/s as a new "standard". An interesting situation would be to rework all known flight parameters we pilots would have to accustom to IF we also changed our watches and arc angles... But this would be the subject of another discussion, he, he... :-) Marcus On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:01:14 Carter, Baron wrote: >marcus, > >m/s may be your preference but as you know the aviation community uses >ft/min. > >baron carter >CFI,CFII,MEI > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ma Be [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, 18 July, 2002 13:23 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:21230] Re: Unit for Speed > > >As a professional pilot I must also side with m/s (even over km/h). What >really matters to us is this rate of descent relationship vis-a-vis our >present flight level. Since I flatly reject the stupid ft crap in favor of >meters (evidently) then there should be no argumentation about which format >this ratio should be presented as: m/s, and ONLY so! (There is >unfortunately very little relevancy that would be attached to km/h *in this >particular case*) > >Marcus > >On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:33:50 > Gene Mechtly wrote: >>On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Carl Sorenson wrote: >>> ... >>> With digital readouts on dashboards now, it would be easy to include the >>> option of m/s. I wouldn't mind the option of seeing speed in m/s, but I >>> wouldn't use it all the time. >> >>On those two statement, we are now in complete agreement Carl. >> >>Gene. >> >> > > >Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably >Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. >Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
