I searched high and low through my Jep training manual for an answer to this but couldn't find anything, so I googled it and got somewhat different answers from two different sites. Apparently it's something that computes the maximum allowable airspeed for a given density altitude and temperature....but what does this mean exactly? Is it V-NO or V-NE?
Plus, how do I read it? On some of the cockpit illustrations I've studied, the needle is a red and white pole (like a candy cane) which points directly to V-NO/V-NE (whichever it is) but in the plane which I'm flying now (a Cherokee) it's black and white (like a zebra) and looks like a fixed card that doesn't move.
References:
http://webpages.charter.net/flyian/757-767/capt.htm
http://fsinsider.com/About/Learning-Center-Support/In-the-Cockpit/Cockpit-Basics.htm
2007-03-05
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