Eldur Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I keep getting this from the ATCs... just in the Tomcat. I always have it down and locked already when asking permission. So what gives? Edited April 13, 2019 by IronMike
CEPEGA Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 I always thought it‘s just a reminder to the pilot. I see no issue here Asus Z97-PRO | Intel i7-4790K @ 4.00Ghz | beQuite! PowerZone 650W | Kingston HyperX Fury 32GB | Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti | Creative E-MU 1616m | Samsung SSD 840 Evo Basic - 1TB | Win10 | TM Hotas Cougar w. U2nxt + hall sensors | VPC ACE-1 Rudder Pedals | TrackIR 5 + Track Clip Pro
Scotch75 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Its a precautionary instruction from ATC to all military retractable undercarriage aircraft when giving a landing clearance to make sure gear is down and locked. Its a "challenge and response" scenario. So it would go something like this: Pilot: "Viper, base three greens" ATC: "Viper, cleared to land, check wheels" Pilot: "Cleared to land, Viper" (the pilot then presses a beep back button which only activates an audible beep over the radio when all gear is down and locked - not modelled in DCS). Cheers! W10 Home 64Bit, Intel Skylake I5 6600K 3.50GHz, ASUS ROG Stryx Z270F MoBo, 64GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 RAM, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD (OS), Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD, 2TB Seagate SDHD, 2TB WD Green HDD, Gigabyte 3060 12GB VRAM
shagrat Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Ancient proverb: "There are only two types of pilots.Those who landed and forgot to lower the landing gear and those who will land and forget to lower the landing gear." Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
SonofEil Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I think the "Check Gear" call has been in DCS since I started playing. IRL it's much less common to hear it in the US of A than the rest of the world. In the states you're likely only to hear it if a controller notices something amiss. Edited March 30, 2019 by SonofEil the sentence structure bothered me. restructured. i7 7700K @5.0, 1080Ti, 32GB DDR4, HMD Odyssey, TM WH, Crosswind Rudder...
Deano87 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 I keep getting this from the ATCs... just in the Tomcat. I always have it down and locked already when asking permission. So what gives? It’s in all aircraft afaik. Not just the Tomcat. And it’s been around in DCS since I can remember. Proud owner of: PointCTRL VR : Finger Trackers for VR -- Real Simulator : FSSB R3L Force Sensing Stick. -- Deltasim : Force Sensor WH Slew Upgrade -- Mach3Ti Ring : Real Flown Mach 3 SR-71 Titanium, made into an amazing ring. My Fathers Aviation Memoirs: 50 Years of Flying Fun - From Hunter to Spitfire and back again.
Eldur Posted March 30, 2019 Author Posted March 30, 2019 As far as I noticed, it is in all aircraft, but just when you forget to put it down. When driving the Tomcat, they always say that regardless.
Deano87 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 As far as I noticed, it is in all aircraft, but just when you forget to put it down. When driving the Tomcat, they always say that regardless. I've had it in all aircraft, with gear down, so :dunno: Proud owner of: PointCTRL VR : Finger Trackers for VR -- Real Simulator : FSSB R3L Force Sensing Stick. -- Deltasim : Force Sensor WH Slew Upgrade -- Mach3Ti Ring : Real Flown Mach 3 SR-71 Titanium, made into an amazing ring. My Fathers Aviation Memoirs: 50 Years of Flying Fun - From Hunter to Spitfire and back again.
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