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Outside Temperature: how to know?
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:29 amby z1010
Does anyone know how I can know the real outside temperature?
By downloading real weather they don't tell the temp. (awfully small screen, by the way), Shift Z doesn't give the temp., not all planes give me the outside temp.
Someone an idea?
Re: Outside Temperature: how to know?
Posted:
Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:38 amby Nexus
Tune in the ATIS frequency if it's available at your departure airport.
Re: Outside Temperature: how to know?
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:56 amby Nav
Or the ATIS for any airport you are passing over. That will only give you the temperature at ground level, though.
Re: Outside Temperature: how to know?
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:57 amby papa-metro
ATIS will only give you the temp at ground level. If you want an estimate at altitude (considering the A/C has no readout) deduct 4*F for each thousand feet you are above the reporting station, or ground. This is the adiabatic rate of cooling used decades ago and should be enough for general use.
papa-metro usaf 1953-57
Re: Outside Temperature: how to know?
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:11 pmby AuMaV
Hi
Here is a link to a xml gauge for temps (they are in deg C )
I knocked up for testing purposes:) the code is not mine just bits and pieces Ive found on the net.You will need to know how to manually edit panel.cfg to add windows some basic info in the panel_cfg.txt might help might confuse
the gauge basically gives you amb temp,total temp it also includes AOA info (I needed it for airfile work
)
they are basic but work
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~au_mav/testpnl.zipRegards
MaV
Re: Outside Temperature: how to know?
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:00 pmby DiveBomber189
Many aircraft (or at least the default ones) have a thermometer on the panel somewhere.