Variometer
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title:
Variometer
text:
In aviation, a variometer – also known as a rate of climb and descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of the flight instruments in an aircraft used to inform the pilot of the rate of descent or climb. It can be calibrated in metres per second, feet per minute or knots, depending on country and type of aircraft. It is typically connected to the aircraft's external static pressure source. In powered flight, th
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description:
Flight instrument which determines the aircraft's vertical velocity (rate of descent/climb)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variometer
date created:
2003-03-19T13:51:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T18:24:17Z
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