Other Uses
Tilt sensors are used for:
- Indicating pitch and roll of vehicles, sail boats, and aircraft.
- Monitoring the boom angle of cranes and material handlers.
- Measuring the "look angle" of a satellite antenna towards a satellite.
- Measuring the slope angle of a tape or chain during distance measurement.
- Estimating the height of a building, tree, or other feature using a vertical angle and a distance (determined by taping or pacing).
- Measuring the angle of drilling in well-logging applications.
- Measuring the height of trees or other poles
- Measuring steepness of a ski slope. (<10 deg for beginners, 10-20 "green", 15-25 "blue", 25-35 "black", 35-45 "double black")
- Used as a warning system on the external surface of dewars (to transport cryogenic liquids) to indicate tilt being too much.
Tilt indicators are disposable-grade, albeit reusable sensors attached to goods as part of packaging during shipping.
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