Question about Reference Altitude

[Snappy]

Hi,

 

have a question regarding reference altitude , i.e. commanded altitude to fly via the poles in the HUD / horizontal ADI bar:

 

Am I correct in understanding that this reference altitude even after loading the data cartridge is by default (regardless of what the kneeboard waypoint altitudes say, or the mission / campaign briefing for the route)

always 500m for normal waypoints enroute ? It seems to be that way for me.

 

So if for example, the mission planning says, fly from waypoint 2 to 3 at 1000m altitude, I have to manually fly to that altitude and then press the reference button on the stick to make this the

new reference altitude? Or am I missing something?

 

I know that you can also use the trim hat during autopilot ( alt hold ) to set a new reference altitude, but these are smaller increments and don't seem suitable for large changes in reference altitude.

 

BTW , is there any digital readout of the current reference altitude anywhere in the Cockpit or CK37?

 

Thanks and kind regards,

 

Snappy

[RagnarDa]

Yes to all your questions except that there are not digital readout. Reference altitude is not stored in the cartridge, it’s always set to 500 after take-off.

[Machalot]

Is there a way to set the waypoint kmeeboard altitudes when using the F10 map cartridge?

[RagnarDa]

No since reference altitude wasn’t stored in the cartridge. My educated guess is that altitude wasn’t really in the mission plan since it would always be lowest possible in the AJS.

[Snappy]

Ok got it. Thanks a lot Ragnar for chiming in here to answer my question!

 

Kind regards,

 

Snappy