Legend on HUD for landing

[medway]

Hi what's the left vertical bar with the 3 small horizontal notches on the HUD during landing mode for? Looks like a guide for AOA?

Cheers

[Rudel_chw]

You can press the Print Screen key to capture the screen within DCS. The capture is stored at /saved games/dcs/ScreenShots/   ... open it with Paint, select just the HUD area, crop, save as JPG and attach here so we can take a look.  What you describe sounds like the Vertical Velocity scale, but I'm guessing blind here 

[medway]

14 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

You can press the Print Screen key to capture the screen within DCS. The capture is stored at /saved games/dcs/ScreenShots/   ... open it with Paint, select just the HUD area, crop, save as JPG and attach here so we can take a look.  What you describe sounds like the Vertical Velocity scale, but I'm guessing blind here 

Hi thanks it's the one pictured here:

[Rudel_chw]

53 minutes ago, medway said:

Hi thanks it's the one pictured here

 

I must admit that it's been quite a while since I last flew the 25T and didn't remember that symbology. Of course, the ED manual does not show it, and the training mission (for the Su-27, but the navigation system is identical to the 25T) does not even talk about that symbology:

 

 

Also, the tick marks on the vertical line don't move, so I can't guess what they represent 

 

Hopefully, someone more experienced or an ED developer can chime in and explain this to us.

Edited April 30, 2022 by Rudel_chw

[medway]

Thanks for checking. Looks like it is AoA based if this old post I found. Will try some tests tomorrow.

 

 

[Ironhand]

IIRC, the tick mark facing away from HUD center is the optimal touchdown AoA.

[medway]

22 hours ago, Ironhand said:

IIRC, the tick mark facing away from HUD center is the optimal touchdown AoA.

If you mean the one pointing to the left that's nominal AOA, ie none. The aircraft datum will line up to that spot when you're on the ground.  Bottom mark is min AOA (about -5) and the top one is max, 24. I was getting good results landing around 10 AOA but not sure if that's correct. But that's about half way from the middle notch and the top. Anyways whatever AOA you want it's a nice reference to have and made landings a lot easier.

[Ironhand]

 So much for my memory, I guess. I know I looked at it briefly, when it was first added but quickly stopped paying attention. I normally land according to airspeed & altitude over the markers and threshold.

Edited May 5, 2022 by Ironhand