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[REPORTED] Magnetic Variation issue in The Channel.


Draken35

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My flying skills with the Mosquito are lacking so I was using my beloved Harrier to the test my OBOE script... And couldn't figure out the issue with the script, since there was none... Turned out that the Harrier is by default or error display TRUE heading in The Channel Map.

Very easy to reproduce:

1) Place Harrier, hot start from the ground facing 0° in the ME

2) Jump into it and see for yourself...

 

Screenshots attached

 

Am I missing something (always a strong possibility!) or is this a bug? Couldn't find any reports ... Granted, perhaps not to many people fly the Harrier in The Channel....

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On 10/5/2021 at 7:52 PM, Draken35 said:

I was using my beloved Harrier to the test my OBOE script... And couldn't figure out the issue with the script, since there was none... Turned out that the Harrier is by default or error display TRUE heading in The Channel Map.

... Am I missing something (always a strong possibility!) or is this a bug?

 

Your screen shots show a mission date of 2016, both in RL and in DCS, Magnetic Declination/Variation was close to zero at Saint Omer in 2016 i.e. Magnetic and True bearings read the same.

 

Checking the position page of the A-10C shows that in DCS MagVar = +0.2°E at Saint Omer Longuenesse in 2016.

 

Saint Omer A-10C MagVar, 2016, Screen_211006_213942.jpg

 

This is consistent with the current (2021) MagVar of +1.02°E as the nearby Merville Calonne Airport (LFQT) shows an annual change rate of 0.19°

 

Unfortunately, although the AV-8B's MagVar is very small, it doesn't match ED's "correct" declination value, instead the AV-8B's Kneeboard reads -0.6°W and it's EHSD map rotates ever so slightly when switching between True and Magnetic settings (which it wouldn't do if MagVar was correct).

 

Screen_211006_215118.jpg

 


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