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Old 11-04-2009, 12:13 PM
lkchris lkchris is offline
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Originally Posted by Cal Learner View Post
Wasn't there an altitude sensor used in the 1980s, at least on the M103s?
And on the diesels, too.

It would be called a barometric sensor rather than a topographic sensor, of course.

L-Jetronic measures density of air via the flap or hot wire, so performs this function without separate sensors.
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