miaig Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Hi, I was playing the Dora campaign and I noticed that if I get into a stall followed by a spin, by the time I recover from spinning (so nose still pointing down, but not spinning anymore) the speed indicates 0. Initially I thought maybe it's 800km/h not 0, but the strange thing is that when I pull the nose back up to get into a level attitude the speed indicator stays at 0 for a while and then it starts _increasing_ up till about 300-400 and that doesn't make any sense. Anyone knows why does this happen? It happened to me at least twice during the campaign (the dog fighting missions) but I didn't try to replicate it.
LastRights13 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Just finished a mission... Mine stayed at around 295 then went to 400 and dropped back to 300. I don't remember seeing this happen before.
miaig Posted February 5, 2015 Author Posted February 5, 2015 Hmm, I'll try to make a recording if it happens again.
derekb1948 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 It could be your pitot-tube icing up. Turning on the pitot-heat CB might get it working again.
miaig Posted February 5, 2015 Author Posted February 5, 2015 It could be your pitot-tube icing up. Turning on the pitot-heat CB might get it working again. I thought about that but the pitot heat was on (the mission starts in the air with the pitot heat already on)
RAZBAM_ELMO Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Early pitot could get confused and malfunction when going from zero to a high speed, that's why when you pulled out and started level flight again, the hamsters started running on their wheels again and it returned to normal. Don't always trust the speed indicator. Get a feel for your plane. Sometimes i was indicated 276 or 278 on my speed indicator but hat flaps on and turned in on mustangs, my recomendation is not to pull straight up and climb in a dora, use the superior starightline speed and then climb, the only time you should be going vertical is to do an immelman or a split s or a full loop Know and use all the capabilities in your airplane. If you don't, sooner or later, some guy who does use them all will kick your ass. — Dave 'Preacher' Pace, USN.
Luzifer Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 I don't know if it is simulated, but if you are in a side slip these indications are unreliable. Enough side slip, and the air gets sucked out of instead of rammed into the pitot tube and then speed indications can go into negative if there is nothing to stop the needle at zero.
n3cr1d Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 the thing tends to get messed up and stuck when I fiddle with the CBs during flight :/ http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2311596&postcount=22
RAZBAM_ELMO Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 the thing tends to get messed up and stuck when I fiddle with the CBs during flight :/ http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2311596&postcount=22 Why you shouldn't really mess with it after initiating your start-up procedure. Know and use all the capabilities in your airplane. If you don't, sooner or later, some guy who does use them all will kick your ass. — Dave 'Preacher' Pace, USN.
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