Cessna 182S Skylane Information Manual page 266

CESSNA
MODEL
182S
SECTION
9 -
SUPPLEMENTS
SUPPLEMENT 2 - FAA APPROVED
1. IDENT BUTTON (lDT)
-
When depressed, selects
special
identifier pulse
to
be
transmitted
with transponder reply
to
effect immediate identification
of the
airplane on the
ground
controller's
display. ('R" will
illuminate steadily
for
approximately
18
seconds. Button illumination is
controlled by
the avionic
light dimming
rheostat.
2.
ALTITUDE DISPLAY
-
Displays
the pressure altitude on
the
left side of the display. The display is
in
hundreds
of
feet.
"FL"
is
annunciated
to
indicate Flight Level
altitude.
Flight
Level is a term
to
indicate
that the altitude
is
not true
altitude,
but
barometric altitude
which
is
not
corrected
for
local
pressure. For
Example, "FL-040" corresponds
to an
altitude
of 4000 feet,
meaning sea level pressure
of
29.92 inches
of
mercury.
The
Flight Level altitude
is
only displayed when the
altitude
repofting is enabled, i.e. in Altitude mode.
lf
an
invalid
code
from
the
altimeter
is
detected dashes
will
appear
in
the
altitude
window.
Altitude reporting
is
disabled
if the
altitude
window
is blank or
has
dashes.
Figure
1.
Bendix/King
KT 76C
Transponder
with
Blind Encoder
(Sheet
1
ol
2)
Feb
3197
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