Originally Posted by
Corsairacobra
I guess I considered it a stupid question due to the matter of fact debate on flying above or below 400 feet. It made me think that I was either missing something or the only one who didn't know how to easily identify the 400 foot ceiling.
Excellent point on requiring a spotter as your "altimeter." One way around this would be to program an audible alarm associated with let's say 380 feet, this would then allow the pilot to make maneuvers to prevent breaking the 400 foot mark. I might consider this on larger models I intend to build/fly in the future, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to add this type of telemetry to smaller say 40 size planes.
Does anybody have an easier solution?
Electronics have come such a long way that I believe some things, like a telemetry altimeter, will become standard fare in the new radios. The changes to the Receiver will add little to no discernible weight. The electronics might already be there and just require programming. There will probably be a probe of some sort to install but it too will be minimal. And the whole package will remain small enough to install in anything capable of going to 400 feet and remain visible enough to control.