Tilt Sensor - Other Uses

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.