777 altitude indicator question

[Guest]

HiI'm new to this so I apologise if this is a simple question, but there's so much to learn.Can someone please tell me what the red crosshatched area means in the 777 altitude indicator?ThanksRich

[Guest]

Rich,as far as I know it indicates the ground. In your case that would mean you are in the ground ;-)I guess your altimeter setting of 29.92 is wrong. You need to set it to the numbers given by ATC or ATIS.Hope I could help a bitBest regards

[Guest]

Thanks flying_eddie!What's odd though, is, I checked with ATIS and 29.92 was what was reported and what was set on the altimeter. I was stood on the runway at Lake Tahoe after completing the terrascene tutorial. Perhaps another factor is at play when the runway is at over 6000FT.Rich

[Guest chmitch]

More than likely it has to do with the Terrascened area. As a test, move the podded scenery out of the Fly folder and try again to see if this changes.

[Guest]

I tried it with the default scenery and there's no difference. How does the airplane know where the ground is anyway? Rich