Mosquito's Vertical Speed Indicator - (VSI) - Impossible to see during Landings

[canopancho]

Gentlemen, evidently I am not an avid experienced simulator pilot as many of you guys are; however, I have no idea how to see the Mosquito's Vertical Speed Indicator - (VSI), while trying to perform a landing. Too many things to adjust during final approach and without a rate of fall reference, it is impossible to make a safe landing. I would highly appreciate if a kind soul would describe the necessary steps to control the "camera cockpit movement", so I can see the VSI while landing. I have not found any reference to this subject on the manuals I have read so far. Thanks!

Frank J. Cintron, P.E. 

[grafspee]

Don't use VSI in WW2 planes, not too reliable (example, climb parameters are always engine power settings and air speed, never VSI, for P-51 is 46" 2700rpm and 170mph that's it ). For safe landing you need to watch speed for the final to be at safe distance from stall speed. Once you are in flare part, you are looking at your attitude position according to the ground, at touch down your attitude should be close to when plane sits on the ground.

This recording is from P-47 but this is very similar situation, simply i don't allow plane to touch the ground until plane's nose is high like it was sitting on the ground.

If you are too fast, touch down even with very low sink rate will end up with bounce, this is how tail dragger behave.

Ofc you can 2 point tail dragger but it require some practice, second video proofs it.

 

Edited November 12, 2021 by grafspee

[razo+r]

If you want to see the VSI in the Mosquito, just lean a bit to the right and you can see it between the gunsight and the IR lamp.

 

Note: Just as grafspee said, unless for a steady descent rate from cruise to approach (but not from approach to landing), you don't use the VSI. If you want to do level flight, it's easier and more reliable to look at the altimeter instead. But using the VSI for landing is pretty much not ideal.

[Lobo LXII]

Just posted this in another thread,it might help.

 

" You could also set a snap view. I customized 2 of them. One gives me a closer view of my interments ( including the VVI ) and the other is of my fuel gauges.

I stole this from another post and keep a copy in my DCS Notes folder

 

Custom Snap View(s)

By pressing one of these Snap View keybinds brings you to the default Snap View that is setup for that module: in my experience these are usually less then useful, so it is worth redoing them yourself for a more pleasant experience.

To alter a default Snap View first press the Snap View key that you wish to change: we are going to change the Snap View 6 (accessed by pressing Right Alt + Numpad 6) as an example. The game now remembers this as your last selected snap view, and pressing Save Cockpit Angles [default= Right Alt + Numpad 0] will bind your current view to this Snap View. "

 

Happy Landings