Feet or meters ?

[sylkhan]

in a previous video about CM-802AKG it was in km, and in the last video all is in feet.

is there a way to change unit feet/nm to meters ?

Edited September 21, 2019 by sylkhan

[rrohde]

Divide by 3 is a good enough estimate that most folks can do in their head, on-the-fly. :)

[sylkhan]

Ok Guys, my question is :

Is it possible in the JF-17 to be meter unit?

Edited September 21, 2019 by sylkhan

[Tom Kazansky]

Don't know.

 

 

But feet to meters is easily done and almost exactly

 

 

 

x3 /10

 

 

Which is the same as /3.33 so nearly /3.28

[sylkhan]

Don't know.

 

 

But feet to meters is easily done and almost exactly

 

 

 

x3 /10

 

 

Which is the same as /3.33 so nearly /3.28

 

Thx Tom, I know that, but i would like to know if we can have natively a good meter unit system in the JF-17, like in russian planes.

[uboats]

Imperial only

[sylkhan]

Imperial only

 

Ok, Thx Uboats

[pepin1234]

Imperial only

 

Too bad

[pepin1234]

@uboats can you please set in special options the European metric option. This imperial British gonna be tricky for interoperability between the countries aircraft that never use this metric standard. I am pretty sure Pakistan engineers will set meters by client request IRL. I don’t feel good with British imperial settings to intercom each other.

[J-20]

Imperial only

 

Can we have an option to use metric, please?

 

JF-17 a fighter for export and customised for the nation which purchases it.

I heard that both Nigeria and Myanmar have ordered JF-17. Both of nations use metric system. So I am sure their JF-17 would use metric.

 

Because for vertical velocity, feet per minute is not the same and nowhere near as useful as meters per second. In an air to air combat, who cares what happens after a minute. Every second count in those situations.

[-Martin-]

Can we have an option to use metric, please?

 

 

I hope they could consider adding it as an option. It would be a difficult decision for me to buy this plane otherwise; I do not fly aircraft using imperial system.

[AeriaGloria]

I think it’s interesting that some range indications seem to be in km

[drPhibes]

Can we have an option to use metric, please?

 

JF-17 a fighter for export and customised for the nation which purchases it.

I heard that both Nigeria and Myanmar have ordered JF-17. Both of nations use metric system. So I am sure their JF-17 would use metric.

 

 

Feet and nautical miles is the international standard in aviation, both civilian and military, regardless of whether the country in question uses SI or imperial units of measure. There are a few exceptions (Russia/CIS and perhaps a few others), but the fact that a country uses SI units for everything else does not mean that they would also do so in aviation.

[L0op8ack]

Can we have an option to use metric, please?

 

JF-17 a fighter for export and customised for the nation which purchases it.

I heard that both Nigeria and Myanmar have ordered JF-17. Both of nations use metric system. So I am sure their JF-17 would use metric.

 

Because for vertical velocity, feet per minute is not the same and nowhere near as useful as meters per second. In an air to air combat, who cares what happens after a minute. Every second count in those situations.

 

 

Thunder do not use metric units, just because it have to be compitable with PAF Viper pilots,

the throttle/stick is designed like Viper for this most important reason.

 

yes, it will be called 'copy'/'steal' or something like these,

for PAF, it's necessary, may be a MUST.

 

PAF will never want their invaluable Viper pilots to be sitting duck in military actions if Vipers are not availabl for non-technical reasons.

 

now, PAF Viper pilots can fly Thunder the similar way they fly Viper.

Edited September 28, 2019 by L0op8ack

[sylkhan]

I hope they could consider adding it as an option. It would be a difficult decision for me to buy this plane otherwise; I do not fly aircraft using imperial system.

 

Same here

 

I think it’s interesting that some range indications seem to be in km

 

yes, it's confusing

 

Is it possible to consider an "export" version with metric unit.

It would something unvaluable for red side

[J-20]

Thunder do not use metric units, just because it have to be compitable with PAF Viper pilots,

the throttle/stick is designed like Viper for this most important reason.

 

yes, it will be called 'copy'/'steal' or something like these,

for PAF, it's necessary, may be a MUST.

 

PAF will never want their invaluable Viper pilots to be sitting duck in military actions if Vipers are not availabl for non-technical reasons.

 

now, PAF Viper pilots can fly Thunder the similar way they fly Viper.

 

I understand. But what about those ones made by China not pakistan for Nigeria and Myanmar? They are not imperical, right?

 

Also, you told us that you are planning an J-10A after JF-17. Please tell us that J-10A uses metric units. Please.

[AeriaGloria]

I for one am fine with imperial, both Malaysia and Nigeria operate block II aircraft

Edited September 29, 2019 by AeriaGloria

[jojo]

I understand. But what about those ones made by China not pakistan for Nigeria and Myanmar? They are not imperical, right?

 

Also, you told us that you are planning an J-10A after JF-17. Please tell us that J-10A uses metric units. Please.

 

I don't see why Nigeria, former British colony, still using English as official language wouldn't use feet & knots ?

[Ramsay]

I don't see why Nigeria, former British colony, still using English as official language wouldn't use feet & knots ?

Nigeria uses km/h for their road signs but AFAIK use feet & knots for aviation.

 

Airport diagrams use feet as their primary unit i.e. large type font and tower heights, with meters listed in a smaller type font for runway length, etc.

 

 

Nigerian IFR approach chart heights use FL or feet i.e. Maiduguri (DNMA)

 

[AeriaGloria]

Not the block we are getting unfortunelty, maybe someday

Edited September 29, 2019 by AeriaGloria

[pepin1234]

Feet and nautical miles is the international standard in aviation, both civilian and military, regardless of whether the country in question uses SI or imperial units of measure. There are a few exceptions (Russia/CIS and perhaps a few others), but the fact that a country uses SI units for everything else does not mean that they would also do so in aviation.

 

that was forced imposed after WW2 to the rest of Europe and the USA allies. The most confortable and standardized is the metric systems. The European countries can easily remove the British imperial systems for aviation, they just don't needed and was not supposed to be official in our aviation measurements.

 

Metrics is awesome and imperials system is a nightmare. I have experience with both. We just need keep metrics as IRL is the most user friendly for many science and physics study do. That's why metrics systems should be keep it as an option.

[jojo]

that was forced imposed after WW2 to the rest of Europe and the USA allies. The most confortable and standardized is the metric systems. The European countries can easily remove the British imperial systems for aviation, they just don't needed and was not supposed to be official in our aviation measurements.

 

Metrics is awesome and imperials system is a nightmare. I have experience with both. We just need keep metrics as IRL is the most user friendly for many science and physics study do. That's why metrics systems should be keep it as an option.

 

I’m French and I agree metric system is more user friendly.

But a module isn’t about what we like, it’s about what it is. If the plane uses ft and Kt, then so be it.

And since PAF also use F-16 they won’t use both systems.

 

Nautical miles have one advantage for navigation: 1 minute of latitude = 1 Nm.

And if you use yards, 1 Nm = 2000 yards.

 

Just learn the key numbers for you plane, respect those numbers and units doesn’t matter that much.

[pepin1234]

Well if this is the last statement for metrics I just will not buy this module. I will stay off from DCS anyway as I do now.

[AeriaGloria]

I feel sorry for you Pepin, you’ll really be missing out

[pepin1234]

Wait and keep looking for red side. Life will tell.