RE: LCD Barometric Pressure Instrument

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Thu Jul 29 1999 - 20:50:32 EDT


> Does any DMLer know if anyone puts out a 'portable' LCD instrument
> that will read barometric pressure?
>
> I'd like to get a reading of the barometric pressure at the
> track. About two
> weeks ago at Cayuga Dragway in Ontario (which is physically about 700-800'
> above sea level), the barometric pressure was such that running at the
> track was
> equivalent to running at 2,800' above sea level.
>
> With a barometric pressure reading, I can use a formula which
> will approximate
> the height above sea level and use the appropriate correction factor.
>
Try EAstern Mountain Stores(Mountain/Rock climbing outfit) or any aircraft
instrument outfit. Depends on how accurate and how much you want to spend.

Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ



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