Just curious what others do when flying gliders as far as setting their altimeters. Do you set it to the field elevation MSL or do you just zero it out so that it's always reading AGL??
A fellow glider pilot and I had this discussion today about what is more appropriate, what is legal and which is a better way to operate. This came about after he took his CFI-G ride this past week, he passed BTW, and the examiner had an issue with him setting the altimeter for AGL purposes.
At our club our primary instructor teaches everyone, including me, using the AGL method. Having flown powered aircraft I kinda like using the AGL method when it comes to gliders since it takes all the math out of it and allows you to concentrate on flying the glider. We don't have any overhead airspace issues to worry about so MSL or AGL, it doesn't seem to matter much.
But now I'm curious as to what others do. Anyone have thoughts?
A fellow glider pilot and I had this discussion today about what is more appropriate, what is legal and which is a better way to operate. This came about after he took his CFI-G ride this past week, he passed BTW, and the examiner had an issue with him setting the altimeter for AGL purposes.
At our club our primary instructor teaches everyone, including me, using the AGL method. Having flown powered aircraft I kinda like using the AGL method when it comes to gliders since it takes all the math out of it and allows you to concentrate on flying the glider. We don't have any overhead airspace issues to worry about so MSL or AGL, it doesn't seem to matter much.
But now I'm curious as to what others do. Anyone have thoughts?