A height indicator for an aircraft, the height indicator being provided with a controller controlling a display means to display a height scale and a pointer. The height scale is able to move in relation to the pointer along an axis on the display means, the height scale being a piecewise linear scale comprising several graduated sections, each graduated section having its own linear scale, each graduated section having a scale factor different from a scale factor of another graduated section, each scale factor representing the quotient between a distance on the graduated section along axis and a corresponding actual height.
Height indicator having a piecewise linear height scale
2024-11-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Emerald Group Publishing | 1935