Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Can you even read a knot or two on your instruments? My airspeed is displayed digitally and it fluctuates 1 or 2 kts (some times more!) even with auto throttles engaged, much less if I am ham fisting the throttles
USMCFLYR
Yeah, we don't have digital readouts like the ERJ's/Q's. Our Airspeed tape is calibrated with 5-knot tickmarks...and when you are getting tossed around, I can't
imagine any Pilot in his right mind would be such a dork over two knots LoL. Yeah this guy was (and still is) a piece of work!
And actually come to think of it, I've come to prefer the tickmarks we have over the digital readout I flew with at Trans States -- it makes for a cleaner presentation.