Gear warning horn silencer?

[MAXsenna]

On 7/30/2025 at 3:55 PM, Bozon said:

If DCS insists that this is the correct implementation than I just ask for the “special option” to disable the horn.

Or at least give us a fuse we can pull.

[Dragon1-1]

Why don't someone ask a real Mossie pilot? There are flyable ones around, someone who flew the real thing would know. 

[VampireNZ]

On 8/5/2025 at 9:08 PM, Dragon1-1 said:

Why don't someone ask a real Mossie pilot? There are flyable ones around, someone who flew the real thing would know. 

Because there is simple no need - there are numerous onboard videos of a Mossie rebuilt in NZ flying low level around Auckland without the warning horn sounding, including views of the manifold pressure, throttle position etc. Even the warning horn sounding in flight when he pulls the power RIGHT BACK to maintain slow formation. It also just takes having room-temperature IQ to know that flying around at MAX CONTINOUS power setting of 7 lbs of boost you WOULD NOT have the gear warning horn blaring the entire time - I mean REALLY? The boost/throttle position relationship is just wrong. I mean I could just ring up some mates working in Auckland rebuilding the things - by why bother, ED would just completely ignore my input anyway. 

The entire power delivery of the DCS Mossie has been totally incorrect for years and ED steadfastly refuse to admit it. Is the same as the Airspeed indicator reading TEMP of MPH - these aircraft were developed by computer programmers that simply have no idea about the aircraft they are developing, which is fine (not having a dig at the devs 9Line!) - but they need to accept when they have implemented the operation incorrectly, or misread an image of an ASI where the needle was obviously covering the wording (and as they do not know any better - anyone even remotely educated in aircraft knows you don't measure the temperature of your speed....) implement the wrong info/operation. I think ED would gain a lot of respect from their community if they were more willing to admit they were wrong and make effort to correct.

Have been flying DCS for a very long time and it is very common to see ED adamantly profess their particular FM or system is absolutely 100% correct and has been tested by in-house SME's etc and is operating correctly...then 2 years later, X aircraft FM to receive complete overhaul (thinking of one specific fighter in particular...). Really? What happened to 100% correct? I realize it is probably easier to shut people up in the forums if you just refuse to admit it is in fact not correct, is just a shame that's all, as things like the Mossie just never get 'fixed'.

 

Just my 2c, not gonna change anything, but poor Mossie is sitting in my hangar till fixed, and as a Kiwi and ex-RNZAF aircrew that is very sad.

[Art-J]

Playing devil's advocate - I've yet to see an airworthy warbird restored and rigged to factory, period-correct state. They're set up to for safe, relatively cost effective and comfortable modern ops, obviously. In scale and virtual modelling they're considered secondary sources for a reason, with period documentation always taking priority (if available).

We can see on previous page that description of horn operation in period doc is unfortunately ambiguous and confusing at best. Is ED's interpretation incorrect then? Might be, but until someone comes up with a better period source that's all what we've got for now. 

Is it such a big deal, though? Depends. It's possible to fly around well below 7 lbs without horn by dropping RPM to econo cruise values, I do it all the time. Not bothered by incorrect ASI texture either, it's such a minute detail that I only found out about it in August when relevant bug report was posted, even though I've owned the module from the beginning.

Granted, I fully understand that for some players these small issues can be proverbial straw that broke camel's back in the grand DCS warbird scheme of things, but as of now Mossie is otherwise fully mission-capable in single- and multiplayer, so there's no need to put in in virtual hangar, in my opinion at least.