Beeping sound

[CappuccettoRosso]

Hello,

Just tried the Mossie, and I enjoyed it very much. Great work from ED, as always.

Is there a way to turn off the beeping warning sound the Mossie makes when you are low throttle and with gear up? It makes you crazy after a while.

Thanks in advance.

[Terry Dactil]

Yes. If you really want to fly around continuously with such a low power setting, then do it with a big reduction in the rpm and keeping the throttles above the warning point.

(I find that the warning makes a handy reference point when flying in formation and having to make numerous small power adjustments).

Edited February 20, 2022 by Terry Dactil
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[btd]

10 hours ago, CappuccettoRosso said:

Hello,

Just tried the Mossie, and I enjoyed it very much. Great work from ED, as always.

Is there a way to turn off the beeping warning sound the Mossie makes when you are low throttle and with gear up? It makes you crazy after a while.

Thanks in advance.

Here is a little hack for you
Sounds.zip unzip it to your c:\Users\[USERNAME]\Saved Games\DCS folder

It will turn off the warning sound

[CappuccettoRosso]

Thank you very much : ) Simple resolution and timely response. My sanity is safe.

[PSYKOnz]

Sorry to necro post but would it be possible to get a "special" settings option for this please? I would like to avoid using the hack you've posted if possible

[Art-J]

If you're interested in econo-cruising with reduced power and no warning sound, just get boost to 7 first and then drop rpm to 2000 or below. That will push boost down to 4-4.5 without beep.

[stuart666]

Correct me if im wrong, but isnt this a warning to increase revs, so it doesnt cause plug fouling? I dont know if thats modelled.

[razo+r]

33 minutes ago, stuart666 said:

Correct me if im wrong, but isnt this a warning to increase revs, so it doesnt cause plug fouling? I dont know if thats modelled.

The beeping sound is because of too low throttle/MP/Boost, not RPM. It's there to remind you to lower the gear, as you are often using little throttle on approach/final. 

And yes, plug fouling is likely modelled, though there are no official infos about what is actually modeled or not. 

Edited December 17, 2023 by razo+r

[grafspee]

@stuart666 This beeping sound so to warn pilot to lower landing gear and sound is activated if throttle is retarded far enough. 

As @Art-J siad, engines in mosquito are supercharged at high rpm supercharger output is very big and to get +7 boost you need little throttle opening and this triggers beeping sound, by reducing rpm to 2000 rpm supercharger output lowers significantly so to achieve +7 boost you need to open throttle almost all the way and this no longer triggers beeping sound.

About sparkplug fouling, thing  is modeled but it would require very long low power cruise to get in to it. The fastest way to foul spark plugs is idling engine for long time on the ground, this is why pretty much every manual advice to do magnetos checks before take off after long time spend on the taxi way, this could happen when large amounts of planes were taking off for mission at the same time. If you do 30 min cruise at 2000 rpm you don't need to worry about that, as manuals claims  for precaution you should increase power every 30min  of low power cruise, but to get in to severe sparkplug foul you would need to hold that low power for much much longer, trick is that if you do allow to happen and if one of cylinder stops firing there is no option to fix it in flight.

Edited December 17, 2023 by grafspee

[Slippa]

On 2/21/2022 at 6:32 AM, btd said:

Here is a little hack for you
Sounds.zip unzip it to your c:\Users\[USERNAME]\Saved Games\DCS folder

It will turn off the warning sound

Just grabbed this as it can be annoying. I probably won't leave it installed for the sake of realism but I'll tuck it in a folder in case of headache.

Can't build me one for me tinittus can ya? Needed for both my port & starboard engines.

Edited December 20, 2023 by Slippa
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[Hiob]

Initially I was troubled by that sound, too. Especially when trying to stay in formation in the channel free flight mission. But after learning that my RPMs was too high. It wasn't a problem anymore. I don't even set them ultra low. Just to the recommended cruise setting.

[average_pilot]

15 hours ago, Slippa said:

I probably won't leave it insatalled for the sake of realism

What we don't know is if the relation between the position of the throttles and the boost is correct. I can imagine it being a very complex subject to nail it in a simulation.