Description / Abstract:
SCOPE:
The instrument system specified shall accept an input of static
pressure and in some equipment
other inputs that contribute altitude information to provide a visual
indication of pressure
altitude. If equipped with an automatic correction mechanism, it shall
indicate by a positive means
when the automatic correction mechanism is not in use. If the static
source pressure error
compensating mechanism is operational it shall be functional
throughout the required operating
envelope of the particular aircraft. Each aircraft type has its own
static source error data which
shall be obtained from the airframe manufacturer's certified data.
When a Central Air Data Computer
is used in the altimeter system, the CADC shall be certified to its
own governing document and the
altimeter system (CADC and display) shall comply with the requirements
of this document.
urpose:
The purpose of Section I of this document is to specify the
requirements for minimum safe
performance of an altimeter system in its normal mode of operation on
subsonic aircraft. Compliance
with this section is a means of assuring that the altimeter system
will satisfactorily perform its
intended function when exposed to conditions encountered in routine
aeronautical operations (normal
operation).