Realistic amount of turbulence?

[Nealius]

I like adding turbulence to all of my missions, but the "*0.1 feet" notation is an enigma. I assume hot weather equals more turbulence. Clouds, more turbulence. Rain/thunderstorms, more turbulence.

 

But there's no baseline for what is normal turbulence in this *0.1 feet notation. Has anyone figured out a realistic range of values?

[davidp57]

3-7 is realistic

[Nealius]

Metric or imperial?

 

In many of my missions I'll set something like 18-22 *0.1 feet and that visually doesn't seem too bad, but I could be giving too high a value due to the lack of physical feedback.

[Weta43]

I like adding turbulence to all of my missions, but the "*0.1 feet" notation is an enigma. I assume hot weather equals more turbulence. Clouds, more turbulence. Rain/thunderstorms, more turbulence.

 

But there's no baseline for what is normal turbulence in this *0.1 feet notation. Has anyone figured out a realistic range of values?

 

IRL ?

yes,

 

In DCS - you get what you ask for.

You're setting the scale (the maximum velocity in any direction) of the turbulence in f/s m/s depending on your ME setting.

 

What's added is somewhere between turbulence and increased 'gustiness' of the wind.

 

'10' gets you turbulence with a maximum velocity of +/- 1 f/s or m/s

 

How much to add depends on what you're trying to replicate.

 

(if you set 0 wind, and the maximum turbulence, then watch the AoA vanes on the front of the Ka-50,you can see what the gusts are doing...)

 

edit - or set it to max & land on the carrier :)

[Nealius]

So in the DCS ME notation, what would be equivalent to typical turbulence on an airline flight, and what would be equivalent of tossing your coffee all over the cabin crew?

[Mars Exulte]

Well, using my ''bad weather'' Harrier landings as a reference:

Windspeeds 40-60kts, and turbulence on the order of about 150, it was, shall we say, ''a bumpy ride'' with my plane surging and dropping randomly significant amounts on approach at 100-150kts, with vertical landing at about 60kts, and having to be on my toes with.the power settings.

 

Just play with it and see what it does.

[davidp57]

From what I infer (reading the code of some advanced weather scripts), there is a direct link between the wind gust speed in real life and the DCS ground turbulence value.