NightFlier Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) Hi guys, I noticed that between the VDI and Standby Attitude indicator there's a lot of difference when looking from a central position (in front of VDI). That's of course the Parallax error of the Standby Attitude but the values look a bit too much considering the instruments are very close to each other. I run some test turning at a different bank angles, pausing the game and looking from both a center position and in front of the standby attitude indicator to eliminate the parallax error. The result was that there is already a basic error of 5-7° (no parallax) + a very marked parallax error giving a huge difference up to 15° at 45° of bank (didn't try at 60°). Having flown with analog standby attitude indicators in real life, positioned further away from the primary display (on the right, like the F14), I think this error is too much as what I got in real life was a simple 1-2° off. Of course, if that's real I'm happy with that, I was just wondering as the difference looks quite weird. Hereunder some screens Thanks Edited May 30, 2021 by Night Flier 1 Night Flier _________________________________________________________________________________________ i7 9700K, MSI RTX 2080, 32GB RAM (3200 MHz), SSD m.2 1TB, Monitor 32'' WQHD 2560x1440, Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 If you're talking about bank indication the curved drum is quite a bit far back compared to the face of the gauge which would cause a significant parallax read error but that's why the real instrument has an in-plane index mark. You're not supposed to use the black-white painted vertical line on the drum to compare to the bank scale. The DCS instrument is completely missing this index. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFlier Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 9:49 PM, Frederf said: If you're talking about bank indication the curved drum is quite a bit far back compared to the face of the gauge which would cause a significant parallax read error but that's why the real instrument has an in-plane index mark. You're not supposed to use the black-white painted vertical line on the drum to compare to the bank scale. The DCS instrument is completely missing this index. Nice to know then, I hope they're going to fix it as it looks such a stupid omission. Night Flier _________________________________________________________________________________________ i7 9700K, MSI RTX 2080, 32GB RAM (3200 MHz), SSD m.2 1TB, Monitor 32'' WQHD 2560x1440, Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysurfer Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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