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    Posted: 28 May 2019 at 9:09am
What is the significance of the GPS antenna height setting in the IFD settings?  Curious what issues might be seen if it is set incorrectly.

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The GPS altitude is adjusted by that amount.  While still important, in small aircraft it's not all that significant since you're probably looking at around 5 or 6 feet.  For a 747, it's much more significant at probably 40 or 50 feet.
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You mean companies are installing IFD's in their 747s ??
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Originally posted by chflyer chflyer wrote:

You mean companies are installing IFD's in their 747s ??
 ;-) ;-)


Given that the weight of pilots keeps going up, I'll bet there are a lot of widebodies flying with IFDs :)
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