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An altitude alerter is designed to warn the pilot of deviations from a target altitude. While useful and convenient in cruise, it is most valuable during instrument approaches. Flying step down altitudes of GPS approaches are easier and safer with an alerter.
Alerters are mandatory in turboprops and jets, but troublesome and rare in piston aircraft. Add-on alerters have been prone to false alarms, require constant baro updating and were frustrating to use. The TAS alerter solves these problems.
Instead of reading encoder altitude, it has it’s own internal source of very accurate baro-corrected altitude derived directly from static pressure, so it performs precisely without false alarms.
TAS 1000 has the magic baro connection that will electronically read the baro setting right from your altimeter. Updating the baro on your primary altimeter updates your TAS altimeter, TAS alerter and GPS baro too. Automatically keeping the baro settings in perfect agreement prevents errors and false alarms. Like all other TAS functions the alerter is pilot configurable. You may tailor the warning band to meet your needs.
The TAS alerter is an integral function of all TAS systems, requires no extra equipment or installation time, no extra panel space and is included at no extra charge.
Alerter Facts:
1000 Feet Warning
When the aircraft is 1000 feet away from the selected altitude the altitude alert you will hear one beep.
Target Warning
At 100 feet prior to target the TAS 1000 will activate the altitude alert and you will hear two beeps.
Outside The Altitude Warning Band
Once the airplane is inside the altitude warning band the TAS 1000 will enter the warning mode and remain silent. TAS 1000 will activate the altitude alert output and you will hear three beeps whenever the aircraft altitude goes above or below the altitude warning band.
New Target Altitude if the pilot selects a different altitude alert value before the aircraft exceeds the altitude warning band, the TAS 1000 will not activate altitude alert output (equivalent with three beeps). Instead TAS will monitor the altitude and activate when the aircraft is 1000 feet away from the new target altitude selected value.
Configuring Altitude Warning Band
Alert warning function menu can be configured from the list of active menus in “Configuration Mode”.
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