Altitrack 18000f and 12000f the same?

[amfra 0]

The Altitrack with a 18000f board and the altitrack with a 12000f board the same altitracks, just with different boards and different settings?

[riggerpaul 1]

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The Altitrack with a 18000f board and the altitrack with a 12000f board the same altitracks, just with different boards and different settings?

I think you might misunderstand the different models.

Check here http://www.l-and-b.dk/altitrack.html

The models are symmetrical or asymmetrical scales, with markings in feet or meters.

[amfra 0]

http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001

[Scrumpot 1]

http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001 - FIFY to be clicky. - Right, that is the 12k foot symmetrical model, as riggerpaul has already pointed out to you. It is a different model (the "asymmetrical" one) altogether that goes up to 18k (at the 11-o'clock position) on it's dial face. I can maybe take a digital pic of mine and post it up here for you (i've got the latter model) if you need.

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[riggerpaul 1]

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http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001

http://www.l-and-b.dk

I am sure they will be happy to answer all your questions.

According to the manual, Altitrack has an altitude range to 39,999 feet.

I don't know if the needle keeps going around or not. Ask them.

[amfra 0]

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http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001 - FIFY to be clicky. - Right, that is the 12k foot symmetrical model, as riggerpaul has already pointed out to you. It is a different model (the "asymmetrical" one) altogether that goes up to 18k (at the 11-o'clock position) on it's dial face. I can maybe take a digital pic of mine and post it up here for you (i've got the latter model) if you need.

That would be great :) Sorry for maybe asking stupid questions, I just recently became a skydiver.

[riggerpaul 1]

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http://gallery.me.com/cs_002/100060/IMG_0035/web.jpg?ver=12950323800001 - FIFY to be clicky. - Right, that is the 12k foot symmetrical model, as riggerpaul has already pointed out to you. It is a different model (the "asymmetrical" one) altogether that goes up to 18k (at the 11-o'clock position) on it's dial face. I can maybe take a digital pic of mine and post it up here for you (i've got the latter model) if you need.

Thanks Scrumpot, I wasn't very clear.

To OP, still, go to the L&B website. Download a manual. You can read all about the device. If that's not enough, send them an email with your questions. I have always gotten answers from them very quickly, and they seem happy to hear from us.

http://www.l-and-b.dk

http://www.l-and-b.dk/altitrack.html

[Scrumpot 1]

Sure, Here is (attached) a shot of the face of mine. And Paul - I've had mine to just under 22k. The needle at 22k appeared on that jump to be just a smidge past the 12-o'clock ("Zero") position.

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[riggerpaul 1]

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Sure, Here is (attached) a shot of the face of mine. And Paul - I've had mine to just under 22k. The needle at 22k appeared on that jump to be just a smidge past the 12-o'clock ("Zero") position.

That sort of suggests to me that the needle keeps going round and round, but since it was only a smidge, it isn't conclusive.

I wonder if you can easily tell what the analog reads above the 18K mark.

I see that the numbered ticks appear in the "normal" places where they would appear on the 12K dial. But the first 6 are 1K ticks, the next 3 are 2K ticks, and the final 3 are 3K ticks. If it continue at 3K per tick, then the 0 position would be 21, and 22 could be 1/3 of the way to the "1" position. We should ask L&B if it continues at 3K per tick, or if it changes even more.

[Scrumpot 1]

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I wonder if you can easily tell what the analog reads above the 18K mark.

Not really. At least my brain did not immediately process it accurately anyway. During the VA State Record Series for instance, we were pretty consistently right on 18k, and the climb-rate and my brains registering of it, and easily recognizing exactly where we were through visual on the analog dial, was seamless. The instance of going to 22K (ot was 21,997 according to the later digital download) I remember just continually thinking as it climbed THROUGH 18k, that "I wonder what this exactly is". In fact, my recollection is that live-time when I looked at it upon setting up for exit, that my mind anyway "registered" - "we are at 20k". Not that the differential really matters that much, materially - however, it was only upon reading the digital data, that I learned we were at (apparently) 22k (21,997). - FWIW.

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