lascaris Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 What's the trick to getting radar altimeter data? I change the switch below the UFC from barometric to radar but, regardless of altitude or even if I'm sitting on the ground, it will always flash "B" to the right of my displayed altitude when I'm in radar mode. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid but I can't figure out what! :doh:
Darcwaynard Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 It flashes B when you are above a certain altitude. An altitude at which you are too high for the radar altimeter to detect the ground. AFAIK. Sent from my SM-A530W using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Amd Fx 8350 4.3 GHz - MSi Gtx 1060 6gb - 16gb DDR3 A-10C - AV8B - F-5E - Mig-21 - FC3 - CA - UH-1H - Black Shark - AJ3-37 - M-2000C - F-16C Viper - F-86F - Spitfire - Fw-190 - F/A-18C - F-14 - Normandy - NTTR - Persian Gulf
MarvK Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 No trick. I believe radar altitude is only displayed below 5000’ AGL. Above 5000’ it will show barometric altitude with the “B” flashing behind it. “R” will show below 5000’.
lascaris Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 Thanks USMC_Trev! I am forgetting to turn on the alert altitude!
LeCuvier Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 As far as I've seen lascaris' problem would only occur in a cold start mission using auto-start, as the auto-start misses this step (or in a cold start mission with manual start sequence). In missions that start with engines running that knob seems to be set by default. LeCuvier Windows 10 Pro 64Bit | i7-4790 CPU |16 GB RAM|SSD System Disk|SSD Gaming Disk| MSI GTX-1080 Gaming 8 GB| Acer XB270HU | TM Warthog HOTAS | VKB Gladiator Pro | MongoosT-50 | MFG Crosswind Pedals | TrackIR 5
LTRMcrew Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 As far as I've seen lascaris' problem would only occur in a cold start mission using auto-start, as the auto-start misses this step (or in a cold start mission with manual start sequence). In missions that start with engines running that knob seems to be set by default. huh TIL
lascaris Posted February 5, 2020 Author Posted February 5, 2020 @LeCuviet I essentially always do a cold start manually. I honestly don't even know how to do an auto-start :) Very rarely I'll start hot on the runway or already in the air.
LeCuvier Posted February 6, 2020 Posted February 6, 2020 @LeCuviet I essentially always do a cold start manually. I honestly don't even know how to do an auto-start :) Very rarely I'll start hot on the runway or already in the air. I admire your patience! PS: it took me a while to find the command in Options/Controls, as the command name starts with something like "Push to Test ..." LeCuvier Windows 10 Pro 64Bit | i7-4790 CPU |16 GB RAM|SSD System Disk|SSD Gaming Disk| MSI GTX-1080 Gaming 8 GB| Acer XB270HU | TM Warthog HOTAS | VKB Gladiator Pro | MongoosT-50 | MFG Crosswind Pedals | TrackIR 5
QuiGon Posted February 6, 2020 Posted February 6, 2020 Thanks USMC_Trev! I am forgetting to turn on the alert altitude! That knob actually not just sets the alert altitude, but it turns the entire radar altimeter system on! Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
LeCuvier Posted February 6, 2020 Posted February 6, 2020 ... I honestly don't even know how to do an auto-start ... [LWin] + [Home] LeCuvier Windows 10 Pro 64Bit | i7-4790 CPU |16 GB RAM|SSD System Disk|SSD Gaming Disk| MSI GTX-1080 Gaming 8 GB| Acer XB270HU | TM Warthog HOTAS | VKB Gladiator Pro | MongoosT-50 | MFG Crosswind Pedals | TrackIR 5
lascaris Posted February 6, 2020 Author Posted February 6, 2020 @LeCuvier oh I could have looked it up but to state it more directly, I don't want to do an auto-start. I kind of like going through the motions of starting up and for the F-18 it's pretty quick and easy especially compared to the M-2000C! :)
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