V/S Indicator?

[dresoccer4]

I'm curious how we're supposed to use the vertical speed indicator? It's a pretty important instrument and I can't see it at all. What's the thought process for its current location?

[razo+r]

1) You can lean around the gunsight

 

2) if you want too keep altitude, look at the altimeter. It' easier. 

 

3) VSI in this airplane isnt that important. 

[dresoccer4]

1 minute ago, razo+r said:

1) You can lean around the gunsight

 

2) if you want too keep altitude, look at the altimeter. It' easier. 

 

3) VSI in this airplane isnt that important. 

i noticed if you press '2' and fly from the right seat then you can use the v/s just fine. good for bad weather

[scoobie]

15 hours ago, razo+r said:

2) if you want too keep altitude, look at the altimeter. It' easier. 

This ^^
On top of that I do one thing more (I'm using TrackIR). When I'm "precision trimming" for cruise for the first time, as good as I possibly can (which takes a while), I first "shift" my head towards the centerline of the cockpit (a little bit is enough), then I press "recenter TrackIR" and move my head back to the left. This way my viewpoint gets shifted left, as if I leant my "virtual head" against the side window or close to it. Once she's trimmed - as said above - use "long term" gauges, the altimeter and DI, so that you can monitor when she drifts too much (and she will).

 

[Rhinozherous]

I also think altimeter is more useful than VSI on the Mosquito. She is so twitchy on the elevator, the VSI is too sensible for it. 

[ARM505]

British cockpits.

 

I've sat in a couple, and 'ergonomics' was a purely fantastical term yet to be invented. And when it was, it was for sissy boys who couldn't fly planes properly (pffft! If you didn't have to do a somersault in your seat to read a gauge, was it even worth reading?!)

 

I remember sitting in a Lightnings cockpit. Apparently, somebody thought it would be cool to put a gauge of some sort under my left armpit. And the artificial horizon of this Mach 2+ interceptor was straight out of the Cherokee 140 I learned to fly on (white line on black - no differentiation between ground and sky).

 

When men were men, and farmers fields were scared...

[No1sonuk]

DCS-BIOS has been updated for the Mossie - I have a physical VVI on my desk.

[Hornetjock]

On 9/24/2021 at 11:49 PM, ARM505 said:

British cockpits.

 

I've sat in a couple, and 'ergonomics' was a purely fantastical term yet to be invented. And when it was, it was for sissy boys who couldn't fly planes properly (pffft! If you didn't have to do a somersault in your seat to read a gauge, was it even worth reading?!)

 

I remember sitting in a Lightnings cockpit. Apparently, somebody thought it would be cool to put a gauge of some sort under my left armpit. And the artificial horizon of this Mach 2+ interceptor was straight out of the Cherokee 140 I learned to fly on (white line on black - no differentiation between ground and sky).

 

When men were men, and farmers fields were scared...

Brit cockpits suffered from CCD syndrome. Cramped, Complicated and Dark. Now, don't get me started on taxying...

[Euan Emblin]

Brit cockpits are the epitome of Heath Robinson endeavour.

[Morat]

PPffft, no sense of style. It's fast, full of guns and looks like a thoroughbred.

You'd give your left nut to fly it in WW2, whining on about the gauges being scruffy just isn't on.

[Black Witch - Blaggards]

On 9/23/2021 at 9:45 PM, dresoccer4 said:

I'm curious how we're supposed to use the vertical speed indicator? It's a pretty important instrument and I can't see it at all. What's the thought process for its current location?

In VR it's fine, 3D effect