unhappytroll Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 oh no, not the QNH vs QFE holy war again i5-2500k/24Gb/MSI GTX1060/Logitech G940/VKB Cobra Z/TM Cougar MFD/VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Throttle/BRD-MS3 Rudder Pedals FC3/Ka-50/Mi-8/AV-8B/UH-1H/CA/L-39/Yak-52/MiG-21/NS430/ A-4E-C/MB-339
Nealius Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 12:38 AM, unhappytroll said: oh no, not the QNH vs QFE holy war again It shall be fought to the death along with the holy war of wind direction to vs. from. 2
admiki Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Nealius said: It shall be fought to the death along with the holy war of wind direction to vs. from. That war is done now. You have both in the briefing
Nealius Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, admiki said: That war is done now. You have both in the briefing Which is which? I see NAV and METEO but I can't find those terms in any English-speaking flight school materials. There is only one "wind," neither "nav" nor "meteo," and it is always FROM. Google isn't helping either. It literally only exists in DCS but search results only give the changelogs, no explanation. Edited October 10, 2021 by Nealius
admiki Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Nealius said: Which is which? I see NAV and METEO but I can't find those terms in any English-speaking flight school materials. There is only one "wind," neither "nav" nor "meteo," and it is always FROM. Google isn't helping either. It literally only exists in DCS but search results only give the changelogs, no explanation. Yeah, I agree on terms. NAV is DCS wind, which means TO and METEO is real world winr which is FROM. To be honest, I have no idea why a system that tries so hard to replicate flying environment messed this up so bad. 2
Zeagle Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 10:38 AM, unhappytroll said: oh no, not the QNH vs QFE holy war again Both of those are used in aviation on a daily basis. So there is no war to be fought there. As for wind, I don't know how ED managed to get the wind backwards. But it looks like they succeeded nicely.
Anatoli-Kagari9 Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 4:38 PM, unhappytroll said: oh no, not the QNH vs QFE holy war again What War ? In the OP all I can see it's a summarization of altimeter settings.... BTW, to some extent ( limited but modeled ) DCS also models QFF, since it does vary geopotential height due to low / high Temperatures. You can try it by flying around in mountainous terrain with a same base QNH, and then varying season from Summer to Winter and the temperatures way above or way bellow ISA ( 15 ºC ). You'll find that in Winter with low temperatures in DCS for a same QNH setting you will actually be at a lower height for the same indicated altitude ( read in your altimeter ), while in Summer at high T you'll be higher for that same indicated Altitude ( same QNH ). Flight Simulation is the Virtual Materialization of a Dream...
DishDoggie Posted October 12, 2021 Author Posted October 12, 2021 lol I learn as I go (when I feel like it) and never thought this post would get the comments it has. (I enjoyed each one thank you) The reason I did this post is because I Knew nothing about Altimeters other then the standard 100' 1000' reading and so on. The Huey has 3 different Altimeters I searched around (Forum) but didn't find any info to help my small brain soak up more understanding of all 3. So I went to the Huey PDF Manual got the types and read up on them, then went to the web for more info. In my small Brain I thought I would put this image together for new people like me starting to grow brain cells. I knew nothing about the Mean Sea Level setting. Grew my brain cells on that alone. Well I thought this would be interesting to a new person looking for the same thing I was. That's why I posted this. Lol sorry for starting up any old wars. I did find that information on wind confusing HOWEVER the post was not about that. 1
Anatoli-Kagari9 Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 And you did the right thing and a great job ! I am sure many around here don't know some of the things you summarized pretty well !!! Congrats ! 1 Flight Simulation is the Virtual Materialization of a Dream...
DishDoggie Posted October 13, 2021 Author Posted October 13, 2021 19 hours ago, DishDoggie said: lol I learn as I go (when I feel like it) and never thought this post would get the comments it has. (I enjoyed each one thank you) The reason I did this post is because I Knew nothing about Altimeters other then the standard 100' 1000' reading and so on. The Huey has 3 different Altimeters I searched around (Forum) but didn't find any info to help my small brain soak up more understanding of all 3. So I went to the Huey PDF Manual got the types and read up on them, then went to the web for more info. In my small Brain I thought I would put this image together for new people like me starting to grow brain cells. I knew nothing about the Mean Sea Level setting. Grew my brain cells on that alone. Well I thought this would be interesting to a new person looking for the same thing I was. That's why I posted this. Lol sorry for starting up any old wars. I did find that information on wind confusing HOWEVER the post was not about that. 1
Anatoli-Kagari9 Posted October 13, 2021 Posted October 13, 2021 Using DCS in VR must really give a different feel Wow! 1 Flight Simulation is the Virtual Materialization of a Dream...
DishDoggie Posted October 14, 2021 Author Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 2:59 AM, jcomm said: Using DCS in VR must really give a different feel Wow! It does the fact is my first attempts to try to fly in the fog was crash city till I got the thickness of the fog turned down to a more comfortable level.
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