Wayc00lio Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Does anyone change to QFE pressure to fly missions below 24,500 ft (which is when you should change to 29.92). I've been flying the A10C RF campaign and noticed that on mission 2, Wags flies constantly at 29.92, even at 12,000 ft. Just wondering what is actually the correct thing to do here so I stay in my altitude block. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
Wayc00lio Posted February 19, 2016 Author Posted February 19, 2016 Thanks Trev. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
Luzifer Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Does anyone change to QFE pressure to fly missions below 24,500 ft (which is when you should change to 29.92). I've been flying the A10C RF campaign and noticed that on mission 2, Wags flies constantly at 29.92, even at 12,000 ft. Where does the 24500 ft come from, even in the US transition altitude is 18000. And the US is an outlier with having it so high and identical all over the place. I just looked at a chart for Sochi (just to take an example) and the transition altitude is 3700, transition layer is 50. So yeah, you'd be at STD that high up. Edit: Ok, missed the reference to Red Flag. Which is US, of course.
Nealius Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 I imagine in reality AWACS or some agency will issue a current QNH for the area they are operating in so that when they go low they can dial the altimeter. I recall hearing some real-life Red Flag audio and AWACS was issuing QNH to the flights checking in.
Enduro14 Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 I have recalled that certain Hog contracts state you would change your QFE back to 29.92 as you pass 10,000 FT Intel 8700k @5ghz, 32gb ram, 1080ti, Rift S
Nealius Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 QFE just means setting altimeter to read zero on the tarmac. At what altitude you switch to QNE (29.92/1013) is determined by region.
Eddie Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 If you're only going to be using a single altimeter setting then you should just set QNH prior to takeoff and leave it set. In the hog you spend 99% of your time below FL180 anyway so setting standard over Nevada isn't iften necessary.
Wayc00lio Posted February 19, 2016 Author Posted February 19, 2016 Where does the 24500 ft come from, even in the US transition altitude is 18000. And the US is an outlier with having it so high and identical all over the place. I thought I heard that once somewhere - but on recollection it is the alt that all mil traffic comes under radar control service. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
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