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Either its because of parallax from pilots view perspective or the G meter is giving slightly false indication.

 

But typically in straight and level flight you would be showing 1 G on the meter, in the Tomcat the needle is below 1 G by almost 1 needle width.

 

When trimming so that the needle is at 1 G from pilot view, and then switching to external F-2 view of own jet in DCS... It indicated the jet is flying at 1.2 Gs and not 1.0 as trimmed in the cockpit and shown on the indicator.

 

Thus, the G indication in the cockpit instrument is not matching what DCS is seeing by .2 Gs...

 

While .2 Gs might seem marginal, it is approximately half of .5 G.

 

If this is the case, I would like to see it resolved in future patch.

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Move your seat down.

 

 

On that note - do you have any insight to share with regards to your seat height visual references in the cockpit. Every aircraft I have been involved with has a certain setting to align your eyes to for the 'ideal' position (many commercial a/c actually have items on the centre pillar you line up etc).

I.E grab rail in line with the windscreen top edge, top surface of camera just visible etc?

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Thanks to the distance between the needles and the surface the scale they're pointing at is on. Same applies to the trim gauges, i.e. it looks like the horizontal tail surfaces are not in sync with not lateral stick input even though they are.

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Is there a way to move the seat up / down? Have not found a switch for that.

 

Of course there is:

 

R Shift + R Ctrl + Numpad 2 - seat goes down;

 

R Shift + R Ctrl + Numpad 8 - seat goes up... :D

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Problem is when I move the seat down enough to see the G needle where it should be, your head is straight ahead in front of the stick and TID now... So good luck flying lol

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Problem is when I move the seat down enough to see the G needle where it should be, your head is straight ahead in front of the stick and TID now... So good luck flying lol

 

You don't keep your view at that level lol. To account for parallax, you would look at the gauge from your normal position and see what it reads, then look at it directly and determing the amount of offset your viewing position gives you normally so you can then account for the variation every time. So viewed from above, the gauge might read 2g, but you know it is actually reading 2.2g. Obviously this changes with the needle angle also, so if the needle is vertical, then there is no parallax - and then reverse for when it moves through the vertical again to the other side. A bit of common sense is required...

 

Granted if you needed an accurate reading if it was an oil pressure gauge or something to record maybe in a log you would again view the gauge directly.

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I mean I would get that if we had seat of the pants feel in DCS, but we do not and as such we rely on visual and audible cues

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My arse couldn’t sense .2 G’s of difference, still can’t, nor does it matter.

 

Close this thread.

 

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Of course there is:

 

R Shift + R Ctrl + Numpad 2 - seat goes down;

 

R Shift + R Ctrl + Numpad 8 - seat goes up... :D

 

Ok, xD. And serious? Any way in the tomcat to lower or raise the seat?

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If it's a bug it should be fixed. Can't be hard for HT to do that.

0.2 over is 0.2 too much.

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If it's a bug it should be fixed. Can't be hard for HT to do that.

0.2 over is 0.2 too much.

 

Have you ever considered that the G meter rests a little high in the real aircraft? Often VSI's are off a little. You simply compensate.

 

Man, you guys are really spoiled by RLG's and FBW toys. How do you cope when realized that your Smartphone isn't giving you the true signal strength in bars displayed?

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Have you ever considered that the G meter rests a little high in the real aircraft? Often VSI's are off a little. You simply compensate.

 

Man, you guys are really spoiled by RLG's and FBW toys. How do you cope when realized that your Smartphone isn't giving you the true signal strength in bars displayed?

 

Exactly

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Have you ever considered that the G meter rests a little high in the real aircraft? Often VSI's are off a little. You simply compensate.

 

Man, you guys are really spoiled by RLG's and FBW toys. How do you cope when realized that your Smartphone isn't giving you the true signal strength in bars displayed?

 

True that! - as a FE I would have had a mental breakdown if I had stressed over every analogue needle that wasn't perfectly aligned! We had 20 needles just on a single 1' x 1' overhead panel. :crazy:

Same system gauge on each engine even indicated different values - you just got out the screwdriver, loosened the retaining ring and rotated the gauge so all the needles were more or less aligned - quik glance = all gd.

 

You must learn to embrace the nuances of analogue gauges, just like the other characteristics of the Tomcat.:thumbup:

Edited by VampireNZ

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If it's a bug it should be fixed. Can't be hard for HT to do that.

0.2 over is 0.2 too much.

 

It's a G Meter on a fighter, not a precision gravitational accelerometer. You're not trying to measure the density of the earth's core. It's not even a primary flight instrument. Analog gauges aren't perfect. If they were nobody would have invented lying digital displays that fudge numbers.

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