mytai01 Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) Don't any of the airfields in this game have wind socks? Ops! I answered my own question... https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiu5Jnk-63KAhVS1WMKHRZACQAQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ABatumi_Airport.jpg&psig=AFQjCNEc2NDTiay7xFwJeaxLAAcfgT2sgA&ust=1453021159537659 Windsocks are an important part of aviation. They help pilots tell the wind direction and approximate speed. PUT THEM IN THE GAME!!! I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to know the wind at an airport of intended landing and had no reference for wind! Edited January 16, 2016 by mytai01 MS Win7 Pro x64, Intel i7-6700K 4.0Ghz, Corsair RAM 16Gb,EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, w/ Adjustable RGB LED Graphics Card 08G-P4-6286-KR, Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Champ PCIe Sound Card, Corsair Neutron XTI 1TB SSD, TM Warthog Throttle & Stick, TM TPR Pedels, Oculus Rift VR Headset CV1, Klipsch Promedia 4.1 Speakers...
Flagrum Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 PUT THEM IN THE GAME!!! They are. (since 1.5 i believe?) Check out the ME, somewhere under static objects iirc. (and yes, they _are_ animated)
AG-51_Razor Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 Yeah, and I do believe that they will accurately show the wind direction and they flap in the breeze too!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Goggles Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I've placed a few. They indicate wind direction ok, but not strength, unless you think that vibration is somehow an indication. When a wind sock is straight out, you have a good 20 knots. If it barely hangs, you've got about 5 knots. Half way in between would give you 10-15 knots.
DutchJackal Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 I've placed a few. They indicate wind direction ok, but not strength, unless you think that vibration is somehow an indication. When a wind sock is straight out, you have a good 20 knots. If it barely hangs, you've got about 5 knots. Half way in between would give you 10-15 knots. In real life, rule of thumb is that every 'bar' on a windsock represents 5 knots of wind speed. The image below tells you there is about 5~6 knots of wind speed.
0xDEADBEEF Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 In real life, rule of thumb is that every 'bar' on a windsock represents 5 knots of wind speed. The image below tells you there is about 5~6 knots of wind speed. this would be indeed a very useful addition ot the DCS windsock, which would not be too much effort to make. +1 for this! :)
Northstar98 Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Definitely useful +1 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
Aginor Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Goes without saying. DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet
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