VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 Is it a possible problem, or it is only my problem? I am flying a Hornet over Marianas and find that both altimeter does not agree with each other. Thanks in advanced. I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
Tom Kazansky Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 Air pressure is not a constant value. Are you sure you set the right one on the altimeter? 1
Raven (Elysian Angel) Posted April 21, 2022 Posted April 21, 2022 Apparently radar altimetres are not very reliable above water in real life either. It does make sense when you think about it 2 Spoiler Ryzen 9 5900X | 64GB G.Skill TridentZ 3600 | Asus ProArt RTX 4080 Super | ASUS ROG Strix X570-E GAMING | Samsung 990Pro 2TB + 960Pro 1TB NMVe | VR: Varjo Aero Pro Flight Trainer Puma | VIRPIL MT-50CM2 grip on VPForce Rhino with Z-curve extension | Virpil CM3 throttle | Virpil CP2 + 3 | FSSB R3L | VPC Rotor TCS Plus base with SharKa-50 grip | Everything mounted on Monstertech MFC-1 | TPR rudder pedals OpenXR | PD 1.0 | 100% render resolution | DCS graphics settings
VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted April 21, 2022 Author Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Tom Kazansky said: Air pressure is not a constant value. Are you sure you set the right one on the altimeter? Possible. Let me check the manuals first. Okay, my mission set the Hornet at 500 ft MSL However, in plane: But switching to radar altimeter, it is correct: Edited April 21, 2022 by VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
Tom Kazansky Posted April 21, 2022 Posted April 21, 2022 What's your QNH in this mission. You can check it in the "weather" page of the mission editor (left side, 5th icon, little sun and cloud, then on the right side under the cloud window.) And what's the pressure setting on your Hornet's altimeter? 1
zoomie36 Posted April 21, 2022 Posted April 21, 2022 just adjust your altimeter setting until it agrees with your radalt signal, this then should give you the correct altimeter setting in theory.. Not sure what the hornet height is for loss of radalt signal but the aircraft i fly on it's 5000 ft. So after 5K your radalt is unreliable and not to be used, and not sure why you would want to at that height anyways (AGL)
Nealius Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 6:26 PM, Raven (Elysian Angel) said: Apparently radar altimetres are not very reliable above water in real life either. Naval aviators set their radar alt warnings to various checkpoints in CASE I and III recoveries, as well as for cat launches for an eject decision should the shot go bad, so the tolerances should be good enough. Otherwise there would be no point in setting the radar alt in such a way.
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