Bug Report Hud Acceleration indication

[Demongornot]

I don't know if it have been already reported or not !

 

But on the hud, on the top left corner, just bellow the airspeed indication, the line with the arrow that indicate if we accelerate or decelerate (to the right while taking speed and to the left while loosing speed) is wrong !

 

Easy to reproduce, just take the Su-27 and do a regular flight with some turn at different AOA, this indication are sometime to the right which should indicate an acceleration but the airspeed is dropping !

 

For info i use the latest patch.

[ShuRugal]

i would expect the g-forces experienced in a turn to interfere with the operation of accelerometers.

[combatace]

I think it is linked to throttle and not accelerometers.

[Demongornot]

Even in some climb situation at 1g it still happen, i mean, this indicator is almost never right except when you obviously loose or take a lot of speed !

[karambiatos]

Its linked to the throttle like its already been said.

 

put your plane in a nose dive, and put throttle to idle, it'll tell you you're losing speed, do it in a steep climb and afterburner on, it'll tell you you're gaining speed, even though you aren't.

 

If it's correct, that makes the whole existence of the indicator particularly useless.

Edited February 7, 2015 by karambiatos

[Demongornot]

Ho okay i though he said that the computer in the real aircraft took the information from throttle position relative to every others flight data and then compute the result !

 

But yeah it make it useless and since the Russian HUD only show dozen Km/h we need this if we want precision in our speed !

[Weta43]

Its linked to the throttle like its already been said.

 

put your plane in a nose dive, and put throttle to idle, it'll tell you you're losing speed, do it in a steep climb and afterburner on, it'll tell you you're gaining speed, even though you aren't.

 

If it's correct, that makes the whole existence of the indicator particularly useless.

 

It's G meter, not a 'throttle meter'..

 

Imagine you're the pilot sitting in their seat and you 1/ push the nose into a dive, 2/ throttle back.

You'll now be hanging forward against the straps of your safety harness - in the reference frame of the inside of the plane, you're effectively experiencing the same forces as if you were decelerating in level flight.

 

Now point your nose at the sky and hit the afterburner. You'll feel yourself forced back into the seat.

You may be losing speed relative to the earth's frame of reference, but in the reference frame of the aircraft, you're experiencing the same forces as if you were accelerating in level flight.

[amazingme]

To help confusing the pilot.. :)