Calculate distance, time, speed in VR

[harf4ng]

Hi,

 

When we are flying VFR in VR, with a map showing headings and distance, the main issue in VR is that we do not have a watch.

In real flights we use a watch to check when we are going to reach the good place. In VR hard to do.

 

Do you know if there exists a mod, or a tool, that could display a watch in VR, or even better, a timer? Or even the best, a tool that could calculate the ETA of the next waypoint according speed and distance we will put in?

 

Thanks

[Shrimp]

The majority of aircraft have a clock with stopwatch functionality.

[Gunnars Driver]

Hi,

 

When we are flying VFR in VR, with a map showing headings and distance, the main issue in VR is that we do not have a watch.

In real flights we use a watch to check when we are going to reach the good place. In VR hard to do.

 

Do you know if there exists a mod, or a tool, that could display a watch in VR, or even better, a timer? Or even the best, a tool that could calculate the ETA of the next waypoint according speed and distance we will put in?

 

Thanks

 

Is there aircrafts without a clock in DCS?

 

IRL I selldom use the stopwatch, besides from system support the easiest way is to use mental arithmetic. (you dont have the app IRL either).

 

There is rules of thumbs and simplifications you can use to come up with the answers quite easy. It still needs a little bit of training to be quick but I still think its a better way than a calculator.

Maybe, for the ones that can not do mental arithmetic at all, an app could be it.

Still, if being average on this you should be as good at the DCS computer as somebody thats really good on it on ground but wheres a flying helmet. ”The helmet”and IRL workload reduces that capacity quite much.

 

600 knots= 10 miles( Nautic) per minute

500 kt = 8 miles/min

400 kt = 7

300 kt 5

200 kt. 3

100 kt. 1.5

Knots valid at low altitude. Values start to deviate above 5-10K feet of course depending on how exact calc you need.

 

 

Mach works ok on all altitudes.

At low altitudes(warm air) calc as below is about 10% to low and at high altitude (cold air) its quite right.

 

Mach values x10 = miles per minute

Maxh 0.9 = 9 Miles

Mach 0.8 = 8

Mach 0.7= 7

Mach 0.6 = 6

Mach 0.5 = 5

Mach 0.4 = 4

Mach 0.3 = 3

Mach 0.2 = 2

 

So 30miles high alt m 0.5= 6 minutes.

30 miles at low alt at mach 0.5 = 5 min 30 s ( 6 min - about 10%)

 

[Edit] Had to walk the dog.

 

You can also use Groundspeed from INS/IRS/GPS. Isnt affected of altitude.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bailey]

I feel very lost in a cockpit without a clock. It is actually regulation in some Aviation Administrations, which is partially why you see, at a minimum, a stopwatch and a wet compass in all of the American aircraft (among some other instruments). For math and stuff I turned to VoiceAttack. It's almost like having another person in your head, er, ear.