ThePops Posted March 2 Posted March 2 It would be nice to have the choice of using actual "aviation units" instead of just metric and imperial (even though the imperial isn't completely imperial in DCS). I'm thinking about ME and F10. So what is "aviation units" ? By aviation units I mean the actual de facto standard that is in use internationally, and also in NATO. This requires a bit of explanation. ICAO has since ages ago defined to use the metric system in aviation, SI units. The problem is that nobody cares, and more and more countries are in fact starting to use the de facto "aviation standard". This includes countries who previously have used imperial and countries who previously have used metric. What this means is that: Speed - knots Altitude - feet Distance - nautical miles Flight level - feet (thousand, standard atmosphere) Rate of climb - feet/minute Temperature - degrees C Atmospheric pressure - hPa (AKA mbar) Wind speed - knots Visibility - meter and so on Metric and imperial, as exist in F10 and ME aren't used anymore, anywhere. There are some variations from place to place. Some countries use imperial for a few units, other countries use metric for a few units and so on. Some are specific for a certain part of aviation also. For most of it, this list is pretty much the standard today though. 2 1
upyr1 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 On 3/2/2025 at 9:01 AM, ThePops said: It would be nice to have the choice of using actual "aviation units" instead of just metric and imperial (even though the imperial isn't completely imperial in DCS). I'm thinking about ME and F10. So what is "aviation units" ? By aviation units I mean the actual de facto standard that is in use internationally, and also in NATO. This requires a bit of explanation. ICAO has since ages ago defined to use the metric system in aviation, SI units. The problem is that nobody cares, and more and more countries are in fact starting to use the de facto "aviation standard". This includes countries who previously have used imperial and countries who previously have used metric. What this means is that: Speed - knots Altitude - feet Distance - nautical miles Flight level - feet (thousand, standard atmosphere) Rate of climb - feet/minute Temperature - degrees C Atmospheric pressure - hPa (AKA mbar) Wind speed - knots Visibility - meter and so on Metric and imperial, as exist in F10 and ME aren't used anymore, anywhere. There are some variations from place to place. Some countries use imperial for a few units, other countries use metric for a few units and so on. Some are specific for a certain part of aviation also. For most of it, this list is pretty much the standard today though. yes 1
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