Mainstay Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Guys I have a question about the air source. The sound of the air on is irritating the hell out of me. I want to switch it off because it becomes so calm then in the pit and I can actually better hear the engines. So what is the air needed for besides airco!? Do I need to keep it on or can I switch it off without any consequences?
sLYFa Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Most avionics+radar are cooled by the ECS. Switching it off will eventually overheat your equipment. You can use ram air to maintain avionic cooling but this will restrict your flight envlope signifcantly and will inhibit gun firing. i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD
Sam Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 From what I read, the ECS is extremely loud in the real plane. So loud that you almost don't hear the engines.
Southpaw Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Per SMEs in other threads, the ECS system isn't loud enough in the sim. They have also commented that you couldn't really hear the engines at all with the ECS running and that newer pilots would turn off ECS on approach so they could hear the engines. Check out post #20 & #46 in https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=236930&page=2 I saw another post where someone modded the ECS sound mix to make it way louder. i9-9900K@5GHz, 32GB RAM, RTX2080Ti FTW3 Ultra 11Gb vRAM
Flamin_Squirrel Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Guys I have a question about the air source. The sound of the air on is irritating the hell out of me. I want to switch it off because it becomes so calm then in the pit and I can actually better hear the engines. So what is the air needed for besides airco!? Do I need to keep it on or can I switch it off without any consequences? The air keeps the cockpit pressurised, not just ventilated. Not really an issue in DCS as getting the bends isn't modelled, but certainly important in reality! Other things the air is required for IIRC are: Wave guide vane pressurisation (radar won't work without it) Gun gas purging (gun may explode without it - actually there might be an interlock to stop if firing without air althogether) G- suit Equipment cooling Canopy seal Wing bag inflation External tank fuel transfer Internal tank pressurisation There may be more.
Victory205 Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Turn your the heat up in your room to 130 degrees to simulate having the air source off on deck on the boat in July. ;) Fly Pretty, anyone can Fly Safe.
Mainstay Posted March 28, 2019 Author Posted March 28, 2019 Alright Thx for the replies guys it's clear what the functions are. I'm gonna try and mod the volume down (personal preference)
Renko Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Have you tried to use the "Hear like in Helmet" On. And/or down the "In-Cokpit" slider. I have that at 60%, and works perfect for me
Eldur Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 Turn your the heat up in your room to 130 degrees to simulate having the air source off on deck on the boat in July. ;) Just thought you'd literally burn up then, until I remembered that you guys have a different scale after a bunch of seconds
Galf Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 Just thought you'd literally burn up then, until I remembered that you guys have a different scale after a bunch of seconds Well it's still enough to die, you're exposed to intense sunlight with less atmosphere to cut it above you, in a small enclosed space that acts as a boiler. You'd literally boil off in your suit, ew.
Eldur Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 Well, I could move my rig into the attic to simulate that... had 70+°C (158+°F) in the summer up there already. But I guess it'd not be the best idea to try that out, so go for the ECS noise instead BTW not having any issues with that and I think it sounds better than in the Hornet.
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